ভব

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Bengali

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit ভব (bhaba). Compare Assamese ভব (bhobo), Odia ଭବ (bhaba), Hindustani بهو / भव (bhav).

Pronunciation

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  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /bʱɔbo/, [ˈbʱɔboˑ], [ˈvɔboˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /bʱɔbo/, [ˈbʱɔboˑ], [ˈvɔboˑ]

Noun

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ভব (bhob)

  1. essence, existence
  2. birth, origin
    Synonyms: জন্ম (jonmo), জন্মদান (jonmodan), ফলন (pholon), পয়দা (poẏoda), পয়দায়েশ (poẏdaẏeś)
  3. attainment
  4. the material or mundane world
    Synonyms: ইহ (iho), জগৎ (jogoto), বিশ্ব (biśśo), দুনিয়া (duniẏa), আলম (alom), জাহান (jahan), কায়েনাত (kaẏenat), ইহকাল (ihokal)
  5. the Earth
    Synonyms: পৃথিবী (prithibi), ভূ (bhu), ধরা (dhora), ধরনী (dhoroni), ধরিত্রী (dhoritri), অচলা (ocola), উর্বী (urbi)
  6. Universe
    Synonyms: মহাবিশ্ব (mohabiśśo), ব্রহ্মাণ্ড (brohmanḍo)
  7. God, the First Cause
    Synonyms: ঈশ্বর (iśśor), আল্লাহ (allah)

Declension

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Inflection of ভব
nominative ভব
bhobô
objective ভব / ভবকে
bhobo (semantically general or indefinite) / bhoboke (semantically definite)
genitive ভবের
bhober
locative ভবে
bhobe
Indefinite forms
nominative ভব
bhobô
objective ভব / ভবকে
bhobo (semantically general or indefinite) / bhoboke (semantically definite)
genitive ভবের
bhober
locative ভবে
bhobe
Definite forms
singular plural
nominative ভবটি, ভবটা
bhobôṭi, bhobôṭa
ভবগুলি, ভবগুলা, ভবগুলো
bhoboguli, bhobogula, bhobogulō
objective ভবটি, ভবটা
bhobôṭi, bhobôṭa
ভবগুলি, ভবগুলা, ভবগুলো
bhoboguli, bhobogula, bhobogulō
genitive ভবটির, ভবটার
bhoboṭir, bhoboṭar
ভবগুলির, ভবগুলার, ভবগুলোর
bhobogulir, bhobogular, bhobogulōr
locative ভবটিতে, ভবটাতে, ভবটায়
bhoboṭite, bhoboṭate, bhoboṭaẏ
ভবগুলিতে, ভবগুলাতে, ভবগুলায়, ভবগুলোতে
bhobogulite, bhobogulate, bhobogulaẏ, bhobogulōte
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms

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References

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