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সাধু

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Assamese

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit साधु (sādhu).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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সাধু (xadhu)

  1. story
    Synonyms: কাহিনী (kahini), গল্প (golpo)

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit साधु (sādhu, straight, noble, right, pure). Doublet of সাউ (śau) and সাহা (śaha).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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সাধু (śadhu)

  1. saint, ascetic, anchorite
  2. merchant, trader
  3. usurer, moneylender

Declension

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Inflection of সাধু
nominative সাধু
śadhu
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

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সাধু (śadhu) (comparative আরও সাধু, superlative সবচেয়ে সাধু)

  1. pious, virtuous, righteous
  2. proper, correct, appropriate, idiomatic
  3. noble, elegant, chaste, polite, refined
    Antonym: চলিত (colito)

Derived terms

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References

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  • 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

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Alternative forms

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Adjective

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সাধু

  1. Bengali script form of sādhu