দাড়ি

Assamese

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀤𑀸𑀠𑀺𑀆 / दाढिआ (dāḍhiā), from Sanskrit দাঢিকা (dāḍhikā).

Noun

দাড়ি • (dari)

1. beard

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*dāṁṣṭra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 358

Bengali

দাড়ি

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀤𑀸𑀠𑀺𑀆 (dāḍhiā), from Sanskrit দাঢিকা (dāḍhikā).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /d̪aɽi/, [ˈd̪aɽiˑ], /d̪aɾi/, [ˈd̪aɾiˑ]

  Audio

  (file)

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /d̪aɹi/, [ˈd̪aɹiˑ]

  Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ari
• Hyphenation: দা‧ড়ি
• Homophone: দাঁড়ি (dãṛi) (without nasalization)

Noun

দাড়ি • (daṛi)

1. beard

   Synonym: শ্মশ্রু (śmosru)

   তুই কি দাড়ি রাখবি?

   tui ki daṛi rakhbi?

   Art thou planning on growing a beard?

   (literally, “Wilt thou keepest a beard?”)

Inflection

Inflection of দাড়ি
nominative	দাড়ি daṛi
objective	দাড়ি / দাড়িকে daṛi (semantically general or indefinite) / daṛike (semantically definite)
genitive	দাড়ির daṛir
locative	দাড়িতে daṛite
	Indefinite forms
nominative	দাড়ি daṛi
objective	দাড়ি / দাড়িকে daṛi (semantically general or indefinite) / daṛike (semantically definite)
genitive	দাড়ির daṛir
locative	দাড়িতে daṛite
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	দাড়িটা , দাড়িটি daṛiṭa (colloquial), daṛiṭi (formal)		দাড়িগুলা, দাড়িগুলো daṛigula (colloquial), daṛigulo (formal)
objective	দাড়িটা, দাড়িটি daṛiṭa (colloquial), daṛiṭi (formal)		দাড়িগুলা, দাড়িগুলো daṛigula (colloquial), daṛigulo (formal)
genitive	দাড়িটার, দাড়িটির daṛiṭar (colloquial), daṛiṭir (formal)		দাড়িগুলার, দাড়িগুলোর daṛigular (colloquial), daṛigulor (formal)
locative	দাড়িটাতে / দাড়িটায়, দাড়িটিতে daṛiṭate / daṛiṭay (colloquial), daṛiṭite (formal)		দাড়িগুলাতে / দাড়িগুলায়, দাড়িগুলোতে daṛigulate / daṛigulay (colloquial), daṛigulote (formal)
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

See also

• গোঁপ (gō̃p), গোঁফ (gō̃ph)

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*dāṁṣṭra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 358