দহন

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दहन (dahana, “burning, destroying by fire”).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /d̪ɔhon/, [ˈd̪ɔhon]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /d̪ɔhon/, [ˈd̪ɔhon]

Noun

দহন • (dohon)

1. combustion, burning with fire

   Synonyms: জ্বাল (jal), জ্বলন (jolon)

2. anguish, affliction

   Synonyms: যন্ত্রণা (jontrona), যাতনা (jatona)

Declension

Inflection of দহন
nominative	দহন dohon
objective	দহন / দহনকে dohon (semantically general or indefinite) / dohonke (semantically definite)
genitive	দহনের dohoner
locative	দহনে dohone
	Indefinite forms
nominative	দহন dohon
objective	দহন / দহনকে dohon (semantically general or indefinite) / dohonke (semantically definite)
genitive	দহনের dohoner
locative	দহনে dohone
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	দহনটা , দহনটি dohonṭa (colloquial), dohonṭi (formal)		দহনগুলা, দহনগুলো dohongula (colloquial), dohongulo (formal)
objective	দহনটা, দহনটি dohonṭa (colloquial), dohonṭi (formal)		দহনগুলা, দহনগুলো dohongula (colloquial), dohongulo (formal)
genitive	দহনটার, দহনটির dohonṭar (colloquial), dohonṭir (formal)		দহনগুলার, দহনগুলোর dohongular (colloquial), dohongulor (formal)
locative	দহনটাতে / দহনটায়, দহনটিতে dohonṭate / dohonṭay (colloquial), dohonṭite (formal)		দহনগুলাতে / দহনগুলায়, দহনগুলোতে dohongulate / dohongulay (colloquial), dohongulote (formal)
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms

• দহনীয় (dohoniẏo)
• দহনোপল (dohnōpol)

 

References

• Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “দহন”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
• Accessible Dictionary, Bengali-English, দহন, Government of Bangladesh