কয়েথ

Bengali

Alternative forms

• কয়থ (koẏoth)

Etymology

Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀓𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀞 (kaïṭṭha, “wood apple”), from Sanskrit কপিত্থ (kapittha). Doublet of কপিত্থ (kopittho). Compare Odia କଇଥ (kôithô), Nepali कैँथ् (ka͠ith), Hindi कैथ (kaith), Gujarati કૌઠ (kauṭh), Punjabi ਕੈਂਥ (kainth).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /kɔet̪ʰ/, [ˈkɔet̪]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /kɔet̪ʰ/, [ˈkɔet̪]

Noun

কয়েথ • (koẏeth)

1. wood apple, elephant apple (Limonia acidissima, syn. Feronia elephantum)

   Synonyms: কপিত্থ (kopittho), কপীষ্ট (kopiśṭo), মঙ্গল্য (moṅgollo)

Declension

Inflection of কয়েথ
nominative	কয়েথ koẏethô
objective	কয়েথ / কয়েথকে koẏetho (semantically general or indefinite) / koẏethoke (semantically definite)
genitive	কয়েথের koẏether
locative	কয়েথে koẏethe
	Indefinite forms
nominative	কয়েথ koẏethô
objective	কয়েথ / কয়েথকে koẏetho (semantically general or indefinite) / koẏethoke (semantically definite)
genitive	কয়েথের koẏether
locative	কয়েথে koẏethe
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	কয়েথটি, কয়েথটা koẏethôṭi, koẏethôṭa		কয়েথগুলি, কয়েথগুলা, কয়েথগুলো koẏethoguli, koẏethogula, koẏethogulō
objective	কয়েথটি, কয়েথটা koẏethôṭi, koẏethôṭa		কয়েথগুলি, কয়েথগুলা, কয়েথগুলো koẏethoguli, koẏethogula, koẏethogulō
genitive	কয়েথটির, কয়েথটার koẏethoṭir, koẏethoṭar		কয়েথগুলির, কয়েথগুলার, কয়েথগুলোর koẏethogulir, koẏethogular, koẏethogulōr
locative	কয়েথটিতে, কয়েথটাতে, কয়েথটায় koẏethoṭite, koẏethoṭate, koẏethoṭaẏ		কয়েথগুলিতে, কয়েথগুলাতে, কয়েথগুলায়, কয়েথগুলোতে koẏethogulite, koẏethogulate, koẏethogulaẏ, koẏethogulōte
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) “kaẏatha,%20kaẏetha”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]