পত্নী

Assamese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पत्नी (patnī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔt.ni/

Noun

পত্নী • (potni)

1. wife

References

• “পত্নী”, in Candrakānta abhidhāna: Asamīyā śabdara butpatti āru udāharaṇere Asamīyā-Ingrājī dui bhashara artha thakā abhidhāna [Comprehensive dictionary of the Assamese language with etymology and illustrations of words with their meanings in Assamese and English], 2^nd edition, Guwahati: Gauhati University, 1962, →OCLC.

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit পত্নী (patnī).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /pot̪ni/, [ˈpot̪niˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /pot̪ni/, [ˈpot̪niˑ]
• (Vanga) IPA^(key): /pot̪ni/, [ˈpot̪niˑ], [ˈɸot̪niˑ]

Noun

পত্নী • (potni) (masculine পতি (poti))

1. wife

Inflection

Inflection of পত্নী
nominative	পত্নী potni
objective	পত্নীকে potnike
genitive	পত্নীর potnir
	Indefinite forms
nominative	পত্নী potni
objective	পত্নীকে potnike
genitive	পত্নীর potnir
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	পত্নীটা, পত্নীটি potniṭa (colloquial), potniṭi (formal)		পত্নীরা potnira
objective	পত্নীটাকে, পত্নীটিকে potniṭake (colloquial), potniṭike (formal)		পত্নীদের(কে) potnider(ke)
genitive	পত্নীটার, পত্নীটির potniṭar (colloquial), potniṭir (formal)		পত্নীদের potnider
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

References

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