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কর্কট

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Bengali

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कर्कट (karkaṭa). Doublet of কাঁকড়া (kãkoṛa).

Pronunciation

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  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /kɔɾkɔʈ/, [ˈkɔɾkɔʈ]
    Audio:(file)
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /kɔɹkɔt/, [ˈkɔɹkɔt]
  • (Vanga) IPA(key): /kɔɾkɔt/, [ˈkɔɾkɔt], [xɔɹxɔt]

Noun

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কর্কট (korkoṭ)

  1. crab
  2. (astrology) Cancer

Inflection

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indefinite forms
nominative কর্কট (korkoṭ)
objective কর্কটকে (korkoṭ (semantically general or indefinite) / korkoṭke (semantically definite))
genitive কর্কটের (korkoṭer)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative কর্কটটা, কর্কটটি (korkoṭṭa (colloquial), korkoṭṭi (formal)) কর্কটেরা (korkoṭera)
objective কর্কটটাকে, কর্কটটিকে (korkoṭṭake (colloquial), korkoṭṭike (formal)) কর্কটদের(কে) (korkoṭder(ke))
genitive কর্কটটার, কর্কটটির (korkoṭṭar (colloquial), korkoṭṭir (formal)) কর্কটদের (korkoṭder)
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

References

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  • Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022), “কর্কট”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]