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তুলসী

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Bengali

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit तुलसी (tulasī), from Proto-Dravidian *tulacV.

Pronunciation

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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /t̪ulʃi/, [ˈt̪ulʃiˑ]
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Noun

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তুলসী (tulśi)

  1. holy basil, Ocimum tenuiflorum

Declension

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Inflection of তুলসী
nominative তুলসী
tulśi
objective তুলসী / তুলসীকে
tulśi (semantically general or indefinite) / tulśike (semantically definite)
genitive তুলসীর
tulśir
locative তুলসীতে / তুলসীয়
tulśite / tulśiẏ
Indefinite forms
nominative তুলসী
tulśi
objective তুলসী / তুলসীকে
tulśi (semantically general or indefinite) / tulśike (semantically definite)
genitive তুলসীর
tulśir
locative তুলসীতে / তুলসীয়
tulśite / tulśiẏ
Definite forms
singular plural
nominative তুলসীটি , তুলসীটা
tulśiṭi, tulśiṭa
তুলসীগুলি, তুলসীগুলা, তুলসীগুলো
tulśiguli, tulśigula, tulśigulō
objective তুলসীটি, তুলসীটা
tulśiṭi, tulśiṭa
তুলসীগুলি, তুলসীগুলা, তুলসীগুলো
tulśiguli, tulśigula, tulśigulō
genitive তুলসীটির, তুলসীটার
tulśiṭir, tulśiṭar
তুলসীগুলির, তুলসীগুলার, তুলসীগুলোর
tulśigulir, tulśigular, tulśigulōr
locative তুলসীটিতে, তুলসীটাতে, তুলসীটায়
tulśiṭite, tulśiṭate, tulśiṭaẏ
তুলসীগুলিতে, তুলসীগুলাতে, তুলসীগুলায়, তুলসীগুলোতে
tulśigulite, tulśigulate, tulśigulaẏ, tulśigulōte
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

References

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  • Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “তুলসী”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]