তরুণ

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit तरुण (taruṇa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tárunas, from Proto-Indo-European *térunos.

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /t̪oɾun/, [ˈt̪oɾun]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /t̪oɾun/, [ˈt̪oɾun]

Adjective

তরুণ • (torun) (comparative আরও তরুণ, superlative সবচেয়ে তরুণ)

1. young, tender, juvenile

   Synonyms: যুবক (jubok), যুবা (juba), জোয়ান (jōẇan)

Noun

তরুণ • (torun) (feminine তরুনী (toruni))

1. youth, youngster

   Synonyms: যুবক (jubok), যুবা (juba), জোয়ান (jōẇan)

   ঊর্ধ্ব গগনে বাজে মাদল, নিম্নে উতলা ধরণী-তল, অরুণ প্রাতের তরুণ দল, চল রে চল রে চল!

   urddho gogone baje madol, nimne utola dhoroni-tol, orun prater torun dol, col re col re col!

   Madals are played in the upper skies, while the earth below runs restless — oh, the youth of the sunlit morning, come on, come on, come on!

   –Kazi Nazrul Islam

Inflection

Inflection of তরুণ
nominative	তরুণ torun
objective	তরুণকে torun (semantically general or indefinite) / torunke (semantically definite)
genitive	তরুণের toruner
	Indefinite forms
nominative	তরুণ torun
objective	তরুণকে torun (semantically general or indefinite) / torunke (semantically definite)
genitive	তরুণের toruner
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	তরুণটা, তরুণটি torunṭa (colloquial), torunṭi (formal)		তরুণেরা torunera
objective	তরুণটাকে, তরুণটিকে torunṭake (colloquial), torunṭike (formal)		তরুণদের(কে) torunder(ke)
genitive	তরুণটার, তরুণটির torunṭar (colloquial), torunṭir (formal)		তরুণদের torunder
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).