সাধু
Appearance
Assamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Sanskrit साधु (sādhu).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]সাধু • (xadhu)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of সাধু
Indefinite forms | Definite forms | ||||||||||
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numeral | non-numeral (plural) | ||||||||||
singular | plural | informal | formal | ||||||||
absolutive | সাধু xadhu |
সাধুটো xadhutü |
সাধুকেইটা xadhukeita |
সাধুবোৰ xadhubür |
সাধুবিলাক xadhubilak |
সাধুসমূহ xadhuxomuh | |||||
ergative | সাধুৱে xadhue |
সাধুটোৱে xadhutüe |
সাধুকেইটাই xadhukeitai |
সাধুবোৰে xadhubüre |
সাধুবিলাকে xadhubilake |
সাধুসমূহে xadhuxomuhe | |||||
accusative | সাধুক xadhuk |
সাধুটোক xadhutük |
সাধুকেইটাক xadhukeitak |
সাধুবোৰক xadhubürok |
সাধুবিলাকক xadhubilakok |
সাধুসমূহক xadhuxomuhok | |||||
genitive | সাধুৰ xadhur |
সাধুটোৰ xadhutür |
সাধুকেইটাৰ xadhukeitar |
সাধুবোৰৰ xadhubüror |
সাধুবিলাকৰ xadhubilakor |
সাধুসমূহৰ xadhuxomuhor | |||||
dative | সাধুলৈ xadhuloi |
সাধুটোলৈ xadhutüloi |
সাধুকেইটালৈ xadhukeitaloi |
সাধুবোৰলৈ xadhubüroloi |
সাধুবিলাকলৈ xadhubilakoloi |
সাধুসমূহলৈ xadhuxomuholoi | |||||
terminative | সাধুলৈকে xadhuloike |
সাধুটোলৈকে xadhutüloike |
সাধুকেইটালৈকে xadhukeitaloike |
সাধুবোৰলৈকে xadhubüroloike |
সাধুবিলাকলৈকে xadhubilakoloike |
সাধুসমূহলৈকে xadhuxomuholoike | |||||
instrumental | সাধুৰে xadhure |
সাধুটোৰে xadhutüre |
সাধুকেইটাৰে xadhukeitare |
সাধুবোৰেৰে xadhubürere |
সাধুবিলাকেৰে xadhubilakere |
সাধুসমূহেৰে xadhuxomuhere | |||||
locative | সাধুত xadhut |
সাধুটোত xadhutüt |
সাধুকেইটাত xadhukeitat |
সাধুবোৰত xadhubürot |
সাধুবিলাকত xadhubilakot |
সাধুসমূহত xadhuxomuhot | |||||
Accusative Note: -অক (-ok) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise. Dative Note 1: Some speakers use -অলৈ (-oloi)'s variant -অলে (-ole) instead. Dative Note 2: For direct objects -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Dative Note 3: In some dialects -অক (-ok) or -অত (-ot) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Instrumental Note 1: Alternatively -এদি (-edi) marks this case instead of -এৰে (-ere). Instrumental Note 2: Sometimes -এ (-e) marks this case. Locative Note: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in some cases. |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “সাধু”, in Candrakānta abhidhāna: Asamīyā śabdara butpatti āru udāharaṇere Asamīyā-Ingrājī dui bhashara artha thakā abhidhāna [Comprehensive dictionary of the Assamese language with etymology and illustrations of words with their meanings in Assamese and English], 2nd edition, Guwahati: Gauhati University, 1962, →OCLC.
Bengali
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit साधु (sādhu, “straight, noble, right, pure”). Doublet of সাউ (śau) and সাহা (śaha).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]সাধু • (śadhu)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of সাধু | |||
nominative | সাধু śadhu | ||
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objective | সাধুকে śadhuke | ||
genitive | সাধুর śadhur | ||
Indefinite forms | |||
nominative | সাধু śadhu | ||
objective | সাধুকে śadhuke | ||
genitive | সাধুর śadhur | ||
Definite forms | |||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | সাধুটা, সাধুটি śadhuṭa (colloquial), śadhuṭi (formal) |
সাধুরা śadhura | |
objective | সাধুটাকে, সাধুটিকে śadhuṭake (colloquial), śadhuṭike (formal) |
সাধুদের(কে) śadhuder(ke) | |
genitive | সাধুটার, সাধুটির śadhuṭar (colloquial), śadhuṭir (formal) |
সাধুদের śadhuder | |
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke). |
Adjective
[edit]সাধু • (śadhu) (comparative আরও সাধু, superlative সবচেয়ে সাধু)
- pious, virtuous, righteous
- proper, correct, appropriate, idiomatic
- noble, elegant, chaste, polite, refined
- Antonym: চলিত (colito)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “সাধু”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
- “সাধু”, in Accessible Dictionary [Bengali-English], Bangladesh: Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), 2018.
Pali
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Alternative scripts
Adjective
[edit]সাধু
- Bengali script form of sādhu
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