এলাচ

Bengali

Alternative forms

• এলাচি (elaci)

Etymology

Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit এলীকা (elīkā), likely from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *ēlakāy (“cardamom seed”). Compare Sylheti ꠄꠟꠣꠁꠌ (elais), Assamese ইলাচি (ilasi), Odia ଅଳେଇଚ (ôḷeicô), as well as Hindustani الائچی / इलायची (ilāycī) and Nepali अलैंची (alaiñcī); also compare Tamil ஏலக்காய் (ēlakkāy), Malayalam ഏലക്ക (ēlakka) and Telugu ఏలకి (ēlaki).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /elatʃ/, [ˈelatʃ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /elatɕ/, [ˈelatɕ]

Noun

এলাচ • (elac)

1. (spice) cardamom, elaichi
2. (botany) cardamom

Declension

Inflection of এলাচ
nominative	এলাচ elac
objective	এলাচ / এলাচকে elac (semantically general or indefinite) / elacke (semantically definite)
genitive	এলাচের elacer
locative	এলাচে elace
	Indefinite forms
nominative	এলাচ elac
objective	এলাচ / এলাচকে elac (semantically general or indefinite) / elacke (semantically definite)
genitive	এলাচের elacer
locative	এলাচে elace
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	এলাচটা , এলাচটি elacṭa (colloquial), elacṭi (formal)		এলাচগুলা, এলাচগুলো elacgula (colloquial), elacgulo (formal)
objective	এলাচটা, এলাচটি elacṭa (colloquial), elacṭi (formal)		এলাচগুলা, এলাচগুলো elacgula (colloquial), elacgulo (formal)
genitive	এলাচটার, এলাচটির elacṭar (colloquial), elacṭir (formal)		এলাচগুলার, এলাচগুলোর elacgular (colloquial), elacgulor (formal)
locative	এলাচটাতে / এলাচটায়, এলাচটিতে elacṭate / elacṭay (colloquial), elacṭite (formal)		এলাচগুলাতে / এলাচগুলায়, এলাচগুলোতে elacgulate / elacgulay (colloquial), elacgulote (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) “এলাচ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
• Accessible Dictionary, Bengali-English, এলাচ, Government of Bangladesh