সকাল

See also: স্কুল

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सकाल (sakāla, “seasonable, opportune, timely”), from स- (sa-, adjectival prefix) +‎ काल (kāla, “time”); regarding the semantics, the morning is considered as an important time for various Hindu practices. Cognate with Odia ସକାଳ (sakāḷa), Marathi सकाळ (sakāḷ) and Konkani सकाळ (sakāḷ).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ʃɔkal/, [ˈʃɔkal]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ʃɔkal/, [ˈʃɔkal]

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Noun

সকাল • (śokal)

1. morning

   Antonym: বিকাল (bikal)

Declension

Inflection of সকাল
nominative	সকাল sokal
objective	সকাল / সকালকে sokal (semantically general or indefinite) / sokalke (semantically definite)
genitive	সকালের sokaler
locative	সকালে sokale
	Indefinite forms
nominative	সকাল sokal
objective	সকাল / সকালকে sokal (semantically general or indefinite) / sokalke (semantically definite)
genitive	সকালের sokaler
locative	সকালে sokale
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	সকালটা , সকালটি sokalṭa (colloquial), sokalṭi (formal)		সকালগুলা, সকালগুলো sokalgula (colloquial), sokalgulo (formal)
objective	সকালটা, সকালটি sokalṭa (colloquial), sokalṭi (formal)		সকালগুলা, সকালগুলো sokalgula (colloquial), sokalgulo (formal)
genitive	সকালটার, সকালটির sokalṭar (colloquial), sokalṭir (formal)		সকালগুলার, সকালগুলোর sokalgular (colloquial), sokalgulor (formal)
locative	সকালটাতে / সকালটায়, সকালটিতে sokalṭate / sokalṭay (colloquial), sokalṭite (formal)		সকালগুলাতে / সকালগুলায়, সকালগুলোতে sokalgulate / sokalgulay (colloquial), sokalgulote (formal)
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) “সকাল”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
• Accessible Dictionary, Bengali-English, সকাল, Government of Bangladesh