বাহিনী

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वाहिनी (vāhinī).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /bahini/, [ˈbahiniˑ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /bahini/, [ˈbahiniˑ]

Noun

বাহিনী • (bahini)

1. battalion, army unit
2. (historical) vāhinī (a division of army comprising 81 elephant-riders, 81 charioteers, 243 horsemen and 405 footsoldiers)
3. river, stream

Declension

Inflection of বাহিনী
nominative	বাহিনী bahini
objective	বাহিনী / বাহিনীকে bahini (semantically general or indefinite) / bahinike (semantically definite)
genitive	বাহিনীর bahinir
locative	বাহিনীতে / বাহিনীয় bahinite / bahiniẏ
	Indefinite forms
nominative	বাহিনী bahini
objective	বাহিনী / বাহিনীকে bahini (semantically general or indefinite) / bahinike (semantically definite)
genitive	বাহিনীর bahinir
locative	বাহিনীতে / বাহিনীয় bahinite / bahiniẏ
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	বাহিনীটি , বাহিনীটা bahiniṭi, bahiniṭa		বাহিনীগুলি, বাহিনীগুলা, বাহিনীগুলো bahiniguli, bahinigula, bahinigulō
objective	বাহিনীটি, বাহিনীটা bahiniṭi, bahiniṭa		বাহিনীগুলি, বাহিনীগুলা, বাহিনীগুলো bahiniguli, bahinigula, bahinigulō
genitive	বাহিনীটির, বাহিনীটার bahiniṭir, bahiniṭar		বাহিনীগুলির, বাহিনীগুলার, বাহিনীগুলোর bahinigulir, bahinigular, bahinigulōr
locative	বাহিনীটিতে, বাহিনীটাতে, বাহিনীটায় bahiniṭite, bahiniṭate, bahiniṭaẏ		বাহিনীগুলিতে, বাহিনীগুলাতে, বাহিনীগুলায়, বাহিনীগুলোতে bahinigulite, bahinigulate, bahinigulaẏ, bahinigulōte
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms

• বাহিনীগণ (bahinigon)

References

• Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “বাহিনী”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
• “বাহিনী”, in Accessible Dictionary [Bengali-English], Bangladesh: Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), 2018.