গন্ধ

Bengali

Alternative forms

• গন (gon) — Vanga

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गन्ध (gandha), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *g(ʰ)andʰ- (“to smell”).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ɡɔnd̪ʱo/, [ɡɔnd̪ʱoˑ]

  Audio

  (file)

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ɡɔnd̪ʱo/, [ɡɔnd̪ʱoˑ]

  Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔndo
• Hyphenation: দু‧র্গ‧ন্ধ

Noun

গন্ধ • (gondho)

1. smell, scent, odor, aroma

Inflection

Inflection of গন্ধ
nominative	গন্ধ gôndhô
objective	গন্ধ / গন্ধকে gôndho (semantically general or indefinite) / gôndhoke (semantically definite)
genitive	গন্ধের gôndher
locative	গন্ধে gôndhe
	Indefinite forms
nominative	গন্ধ gôndhô
objective	গন্ধ / গন্ধকে gôndho (semantically general or indefinite) / gôndhoke (semantically definite)
genitive	গন্ধের gôndher
locative	গন্ধে gôndhe
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	গন্ধটি, গন্ধটা gôndhôṭi, gôndhôṭa		গন্ধগুলি, গন্ধগুলা, গন্ধগুলো gôndhoguli, gôndhogula, gôndhogulō
objective	গন্ধটি, গন্ধটা gôndhôṭi, gôndhôṭa		গন্ধগুলি, গন্ধগুলা, গন্ধগুলো gôndhoguli, gôndhogula, gôndhogulō
genitive	গন্ধটির, গন্ধটার gôndhoṭir, gôndhoṭar		গন্ধগুলির, গন্ধগুলার, গন্ধগুলোর gôndhogulir, gôndhogular, gôndhogulōr
locative	গন্ধটিতে, গন্ধটাতে, গন্ধটায় gôndhoṭite, gôndhoṭate, gôndhoṭaẏ		গন্ধগুলিতে, গন্ধগুলাতে, গন্ধগুলায়, গন্ধগুলোতে gôndhogulite, gôndhogulate, gôndhogulaẏ, gôndhogulōte
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms

• গন্ধ পাওয়া (gondho paōẇa)

 

Derived terms

• দুর্গন্ধ (durgondho)
• সুগন্ধ (śugondho)

 

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• gandha (Latin script)
• 𑀕𑀦𑁆𑀥 (Brahmi script)
• गन्ध (Devanagari script)
• ගන්‍ධ (Sinhalese script)
• ဂန္ဓ or ၷၼ္ꩪ or ၷၼ်ꩪ (Burmese script)
• คนฺธ or คันธะ (Thai script)
• ᨣᨶ᩠ᨵ (Tai Tham script)
• ຄນ຺ຘ or ຄັນຘະ (Lao script)
• គន្ធ (Khmer script)
• 𑄉𑄚𑄴𑄙 (Chakma script)

Noun

গন্ধ m

1. Bengali script form of gandha (“smell”)

Declension

Declension table of "গন্ধ" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	গন্ধো (gandho)	গন্ধা (gandhā)
Accusative (second)	গন্ধং (gandhaṃ)	গন্ধে (gandhe)
Instrumental (third)	গন্ধেন (gandhena)	গন্ধেহি (gandhehi) or গন্ধেভি (gandhebhi)
Dative (fourth)	গন্ধস্স (gandhassa) or গন্ধায (gandhāya) or গন্ধত্থং (gandhatthaṃ)	গন্ধানং (gandhānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	গন্ধস্মা (gandhasmā) or গন্ধম্হা (gandhamhā) or গন্ধা (gandhā)	গন্ধেহি (gandhehi) or গন্ধেভি (gandhebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	গন্ধস্স (gandhassa)	গন্ধানং (gandhānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	গন্ধস্মিং (gandhasmiṃ) or গন্ধম্হি (gandhamhi) or গন্ধে (gandhe)	গন্ধেসু (gandhesu)
Vocative (calling)	গন্ধ (gandha)	গন্ধা (gandhā)