ছাগল

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ছাগল (chāgala), vriddhi derivative of ছগল (chagala).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʰɑɡɔl/, [ˈt͡ʃʰɑɡol]

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• (Varendra) IPA^(key): /t͡sʰäɡɔl/, [ˈt͡sʰäɡɔl]
• (Vanga) IPA^(key): /t͡sʰäɡɔl/, [ˈt͡sʰäɡɔl], [ˈsä́ɡɔl]

Noun

ছাগল • (chagol)

1. goat

   বাবলু ভাই এই ঈদে একটি ছাগল জবাই দিয়েছেন।

   babolu bhai ei ide ekṭi chagol jobai diẏechen.

   Bablu has sacrificed a goat in this Eid.

   (literally, “Brother Bablu has given a goat slaughter in this Eid.”)

2. (derogatory) fool, idiot, moron

   এই ছাগলটি একটি সামান্য কাম করতে পারেনি।

   ei chagolṭi ekṭi śamanno kam korote pareni.

   This moron couldn’t do a simple job.

Declension

indefinite forms
nominative	ছাগল (chagol)
objective	ছাগলকে (chagol (semantically general or indefinite) / chagolke (semantically definite))
genitive	ছাগলের (chagoler)
definite forms
	singular	plural
nominative	ছাগলটা, ছাগলটি (chagolṭa (colloquial), chagolṭi (formal))	ছাগলেরা (chagolera)
objective	ছাগলটাকে, ছাগলটিকে (chagolṭake (colloquial), chagolṭike (formal))	ছাগলদের(কে) (chagolder(ke))
genitive	ছাগলটার, ছাগলটির (chagolṭar (colloquial), chagolṭir (formal))	ছাগলদের (chagolder)
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).