ঝি
Bengali
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀥𑀻𑀆 ~ 𑀥𑀺𑀆 (dhīā ~ dhiā), from earlier 𑀥𑀼𑀇𑀤𑀸 (dhuidā), from Sanskrit दुहिता (dúhitā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *dúźʰHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰúj́ʰHtā, from an earlier *dʰúǵʰHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr (“daughter”).
The Old Indo-Aryan word morphed unusually with metathesis of aspiration (compare বইন ~ বোন (boin ~ bōn), from Old Indo-Aryan *बघिनी ~ भगिनी (baghinī ~ bhaginī)), deletion of the first vowel and lengthening of the second vowel in many Middle and New Indo-Aryan descendants, with additional palatalization (dh [dʰ] to jh [dźʰ]) in eastern (Magadhan), northwestern (Dardic), southwestern (Old Gujarati) and southern (Old Sinhalese) ones – indicating influence from a possibly pre-Vedic Indo-Aryan language (with loss of the first vowel and sporadic retention of the resulting cluster [dźʰ]; any way, causing the second vowel to be stressed and lengthened) or a non-Indo-European substrate.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ঝি • (jhi)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of ঝি | |||
nominative | ঝি jhi | ||
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objective | ঝিকে jhike | ||
genitive | ঝির jhir | ||
Indefinite forms | |||
nominative | ঝি jhi | ||
objective | ঝিকে jhike | ||
genitive | ঝির jhir | ||
Definite forms | |||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | ঝিটা, ঝিটি jhiṭa (colloquial), jhiṭi (formal) |
ঝিরা jhira | |
objective | ঝিটাকে, ঝিটিকে jhiṭake (colloquial), jhiṭike (formal) |
ঝিদের(কে) jhider(ke) | |
genitive | ঝিটার, ঝিটির jhiṭar (colloquial), jhiṭir (formal) |
ঝিদের jhider | |
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke). |
Derived terms
[edit]- ঝিকে মেরে বউকে শেখানো (jhike mere bouke śekhanō)
References
[edit]- Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “ঝি”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
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- Bengali terms inherited from Sanskrit
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- Bengali terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
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