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বান

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Assamese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit ৱন্যা (vanyā). Cognate with Kamta বান (ban).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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বান (ban)

  1. flood
    Synonym: বৰপানী (borpani)
    এইবাৰ বান গাঁওখনবহুত ক্ষতি হৈছেeibaror banot gãükhonor bohut khoti hoise.This time the flood caused great damage to the village.

Declension

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Bengali

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বান

Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit বন্যা (vanyā́, heavy rain). Doublet of বন্যা (bonna). Cognate with Assamese বান (ban), Odia ବାନ (bāna), Sylheti ꠛꠣꠘ (ban).

Pronunciation

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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ban/, [ˈbaːn], [ˈban]
    Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -an

Noun

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বান (ban)

  1. flood
    Synonyms: বন্যা (bonna), প্লবন (plobon)

Inflection

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Inflection of বান
nominative বান
ban
objective বান / বানকে
ban (semantically general or indefinite) / banke (semantically definite)
genitive বানের
baner
locative বানে
bane
Indefinite forms
nominative বান
ban
objective বান / বানকে
ban (semantically general or indefinite) / banke (semantically definite)
genitive বানের
baner
locative বানে
bane
Definite forms
singular plural
nominative বানটা , বানটি
banṭa (colloquial), banṭi (formal)
বানগুলা, বানগুলো
bangula (colloquial), bangulo (formal)
objective বানটা, বানটি
banṭa (colloquial), banṭi (formal)
বানগুলা, বানগুলো
bangula (colloquial), bangulo (formal)
genitive বানটার, বানটির
banṭar (colloquial), banṭir (formal)
বানগুলার, বানগুলোর
bangular (colloquial), bangulor (formal)
locative বানটাতে / বানটায়, বানটিতে
banṭate / banṭay (colloquial), banṭite (formal)
বানগুলাতে / বানগুলায়, বানগুলোতে
bangulate / bangulay (colloquial), bangulote (formal)
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Further reading

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  • বান”, in Accessible Dictionary [Bengali-English], Bangladesh: Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), 2018.
  • Bhaṭṭācārya, Subhāsha (2003) “বান”, in Saṁsada Bāṁlā uccāraṇa abhidhāna, 2nd edition, Kalikata: Sāhitya Saṃsada, →OCLC.
  • Biswas, Sailendra (2004) “বান”, in সংসদ বাংলা অভিধান, 7th edition, Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad.
  • Dāsa, Jñānendramohana (1937-1938) “বান”, in Bāṅgālā bhāshāra abhidhāna (in Bengali), 2nd edition, Kalikata: Indian Publishing House, →OCLC.
  • Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.[1], volume 2, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 689.
  • Haughton, Graves C. (1833) A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language[2], London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 1970, column 2