ছা

Bengali

Alternative forms

• ছাঁ (chã)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Bengali ছাও (chaō), from Prakrit 𑀙𑀸𑀯 (chāva), from Sanskrit *छाप (chāpa, “young one”). Doublet of ছানা (chana) and ছাওয়াল (chaōẇal). Cognate with Assamese ছাৱ (saw) and Romani ćhavo.

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /tʃʰa/, [ˈtʃʰaː], [ˈtʃʰaˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /tɕʰa/, [ˈtɕʰaː], [ˈtɕʰaˑ]

Noun

ছা • (cha)

1. young (of non-human tetrapods)
2. infant child

Inflection

Inflection of ছা
nominative	ছা cha
objective	ছাকে chake
genitive	ছার char
	Indefinite forms
nominative	ছা cha
objective	ছাকে chake
genitive	ছার char
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	ছাটা, ছাটি chaṭa (colloquial), chaṭi (formal)		ছারা chara
objective	ছাটাকে, ছাটিকে chaṭake (colloquial), chaṭike (formal)		ছাদের(কে) chader(ke)
genitive	ছাটার, ছাটির chaṭar (colloquial), chaṭir (formal)		ছাদের chader
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “chāpa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 275

Rabha

Rabha cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : ছা (sa)

Alternative forms

• ১

Etymology

Cognate with Garo ছা (sa), Tiwa কিশ্বা (ksha), Bodo (India) से (se).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa/

Numeral

ছা • (sa)

1. one