রাখাল

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Bengali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Bengali রাখোআল (rakhōal), from Prakrit 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀯𑀸𑀮 (rakkhavāla), from Sanskrit रक्षपाल (rakṣapāla, protective herdsman), from रक्ष (rakṣa, protection, from रक्ष् (rakṣ) +‎ -अ (-a)) +‎ पाल (pāla, herdsman). Cognate with Odia ରଖୁଆଳ (rakhuāḷa), Maithili रख्वारी (rakhvārī), Bhojpuri रख्वार (rakhvār), Gujarati રખ્વાળ (rakhvāḷ), Hindi रखवाला (rakhvālā), Punjabi ਰਖ੍ਵਾਲ (rakhvāl), Nepali रख्वालो (rakhwālo).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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রাখাল (rakhal)

  1. herdsman; cowherd; goatherd; shepherd

Declension

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Inflection of রাখাল
nominative রাখাল
rakhal
objective রাখালকে
rakhal (semantically general or indefinite) / rakhalke (semantically definite)
genitive রাখালের
rakhaler
Indefinite forms
nominative রাখাল
rakhal
objective রাখালকে
rakhal (semantically general or indefinite) / rakhalke (semantically definite)
genitive রাখালের
rakhaler
Definite forms
singular plural
nominative রাখালটা, রাখালটি
rakhalṭa (colloquial), rakhalṭi (formal)
রাখালেরা
rakhalera
objective রাখালটাকে, রাখালটিকে
rakhalṭake (colloquial), rakhalṭike (formal)
রাখালদের(কে)
rakhalder(ke)
genitive রাখালটার, রাখালটির
rakhalṭar (colloquial), rakhalṭir (formal)
রাখালদের
rakhalder
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

References

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