তুলসী

Bengali

তুলসী

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit तुलसी (tulasī), from Proto-Dravidian *tulacV.

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /t̪ulʃi/, [ˈt̪ulʃiˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /t̪ulʃi/, [ˈt̪ulʃiˑ]

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Noun

তুলসী • (tulśi)

1. holy basil, Ocimum tenuiflorum

Declension

indefinite forms
nominative	তুলসী (tulśi)
objective	তুলসী / তুলসীকে (tulśi (semantically general or indefinite) / tulśike (semantically definite))
genitive	তুলসীর (tulśir)
locative	তুলসীতে / তুলসীয় (tulśite / tulśiẏ)
definite forms
	singular	plural
nominative	তুলসীটি , তুলসীটা (tulśiṭi, tulśiṭa)	তুলসীগুলি, তুলসীগুলা, তুলসীগুলো (tulśiguli, tulśigula, tulśigulō)
objective	তুলসীটি, তুলসীটা (tulśiṭi, tulśiṭa)	তুলসীগুলি, তুলসীগুলা, তুলসীগুলো (tulśiguli, tulśigula, tulśigulō)
genitive	তুলসীটির, তুলসীটার (tulśiṭir, tulśiṭar)	তুলসীগুলির, তুলসীগুলার, তুলসীগুলোর (tulśigulir, tulśigular, tulśigulōr)
locative	তুলসীটিতে, তুলসীটাতে, তুলসীটায় (tulśiṭite, tulśiṭate, tulśiṭaẏ)	তুলসীগুলিতে, তুলসীগুলাতে, তুলসীগুলায়, তুলসীগুলোতে (tulśigulite, tulśigulate, tulśigulaẏ, tulśigulōte)
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms

• দুলাল তুলসী (dulal tulośi)
• বাবুই তুলসী (babui tulośi)
• সাদা তুলসী (śada tulośi)

References

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