ডাব

Assamese

ডাব

Etymology

Cognate with Bengali ডাব (ḍabo), Sylheti ꠒꠣꠛ (ḍab), Odia ଡାବ (ḍāba). Compare Hindi डब्बा (ḍabbā), डिब्बा (ḍibbā, “box, container”), Punjabi ਡੱਬ (ḍabba, “kind of pocket”), ડાબડી (ḍābḍī, “box”), ડવડુઁ (ḍavḍum̐, “leather bag”), Marathi डबा (ḍabā) etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dab/

Noun

ডাব • (dab)

1. green coconut

   Synonyms: (brown) নাৰিকল (narikol), পুদোটক (pudütok)

Declension

Inflection of ডাব

	Indefinite forms		Definite forms
			numeral				non-numeral (plural)
			singular		plural		informal
absolutive	ডাব dab		ডাবটো dabtü		ডাবকেইটা dabkeita		ডাববোৰ dabbür		ডাববিলাক dabbilak
ergative	ডাবে dabe		ডাবটোৱে dabtüe		ডাবকেইটাই dabkeitai		ডাববোৰে dabbüre		ডাববিলাকে dabbilake
accusative	ডাবক dabok		ডাবটোক dabtük		ডাবকেইটাক dabkeitak		ডাববোৰক dabbürok		ডাববিলাকক dabbilakok
genitive	ডাবৰ dabor		ডাবটোৰ dabtür		ডাবকেইটাৰ dabkeitar		ডাববোৰৰ dabbüror		ডাববিলাকৰ dabbilakor
dative	ডাবলৈ daboloi		ডাবটোলৈ dabtüloi		ডাবকেইটালৈ dabkeitaloi		ডাববোৰলৈ dabbüroloi		ডাববিলাকলৈ dabbilakoloi
terminative	ডাবলৈকে daboloike		ডাবটোলৈকে dabtüloike		ডাবকেইটালৈকে dabkeitaloike		ডাববোৰলৈকে dabbüroloike		ডাববিলাকলৈকে dabbilakoloike
instrumental	ডাবেৰে dabere		ডাবটোৰে dabtüre		ডাবকেইটাৰে dabkeitare		ডাববোৰেৰে dabbürere		ডাববিলাকেৰে dabbilakere
locative	ডাবত dabot		ডাবটোত dabtüt		ডাবকেইটাত dabkeitat		ডাববোৰত dabbürot		ডাববিলাকত dabbilakot
Accusative Note: -অক (-ok) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise. Dative Note 1: Some speakers use -অলৈ (-oloi)'s variant -অলে (-ole) instead. Dative Note 2: For direct objects -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Dative Note 3: In some dialects -অক (-ok) or -অত (-ot) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Instrumental Note 1: Alternatively -এদি (-edi) marks this case instead of -এৰে (-ere). Instrumental Note 2: Sometimes -এ (-e) marks this case. Locative Note: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in some cases.

Related terms

• ডবা (doba)

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀟𑀩𑁆𑀩 (ḍabba), 𑀟𑀺𑀩𑁆𑀩 (ḍibba, “box, container”), borrowed from a non-Aryan substrate. Cognate with Sylheti ꠒꠣꠛ (ḍab), Assamese ডাব (dabo), Odia ଡାବ (ḍāba), Hindi डब्बा (ḍabbā), डिब्बा (ḍibbā, “box, container”), Punjabi ਡੱਬ (ḍabba, “kind of pocket”), ડાબડી (ḍābḍī, “box”), ડવડુઁ (ḍavḍum̐, “leather bag”) and Marathi डबा (ḍabā). Doublet of ডাবা (ḍaba, “large earthen trough”), ডাবু (ḍabu, “small earthen jar”), and ডিবা (ḍiba, “box, container”).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ɖab/, [ˈɖaːb], [ˈɖab]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /dab/, [ˈdaːb], [ˈdab]

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Noun

ডাব • (ḍab)

1. green, unripe coconut

Inflection

indefinite forms
nominative	ডাব (ḍab)
objective	ডাব / ডাবকে (ḍab (semantically general or indefinite) / ḍabke (semantically definite))
genitive	ডাবের (ḍaber)
locative	ডাবে (ḍabe)
definite forms
	singular	plural
nominative	ডাবটা , ডাবটি (ḍabṭa (colloquial), ḍabṭi (formal))	ডাবগুলা, ডাবগুলো (ḍabgula (colloquial), ḍabgulo (formal))
objective	ডাবটা, ডাবটি (ḍabṭa (colloquial), ḍabṭi (formal))	ডাবগুলা, ডাবগুলো (ḍabgula (colloquial), ḍabgulo (formal))
genitive	ডাবটার, ডাবটির (ḍabṭar (colloquial), ḍabṭir (formal))	ডাবগুলার, ডাবগুলোর (ḍabgular (colloquial), ḍabgulor (formal))
locative	ডাবটাতে / ডাবটায়, ডাবটিতে (ḍabṭate / ḍabṭay (colloquial), ḍabṭite (formal))	ডাবগুলাতে / ডাবগুলায়, ডাবগুলোতে (ḍabgulate / ḍabgulay (colloquial), ḍabgulote (formal))
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

See also

• নারিকেল (narikel), নারকেল (narkel)