পিতা

See also: পাতা and পাত

Assamese

Alternative forms

• পিতাই (pitai)

Etymology

Inherited from Early Assamese পিতা (pita), borrowed from Sanskrit পিতৃ (pitṛ), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pHtā́, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Doublet of পিতৃ (pitri).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.ta/

Noun

পিতা • (pita)

1. father, dad

   Synonyms: দেউতা (deuta), বাপ (bap), বোপা (büpa), বোপাই (büpai)

Usage notes

Like other Assamese kinship nouns, পিতা (pita) uses the -এক (-ek) suffix for 3rd person. 2nd person can use the -এৰে (-ere) suffix for contemptuous manner. For example,

• মোৰ পিতা ― mür pita ― My father
• আপোনাৰ বাপ ― apünar bap ― Your পিতা
• তোৰ পিতাৰে ― tür pitare ― Your father
• তাৰ পিতাক ― tar pitak ― His father

Declension

Inflection of পিতা

	Indefinite forms		Definite forms
			numeral				non-numeral (plural)
			singular		plural		informal
absolutive	পিতা pita		পিতাজন pitazon		পিতাকেইজন pitakeizon		পিতাবোৰ pitabür		পিতাবিলাক pitabilak
ergative	পিতাই pitai		পিতাজনে pitazone		পিতাকেইজনে pitakeizone		পিতাবোৰে pitabüre		পিতাবিলাকে pitabilake
accusative	পিতাক pitak		পিতাজনক pitazonok		পিতাকেইজনক pitakeizonok		পিতাবোৰক pitabürok		পিতাবিলাকক pitabilakok
genitive	পিতাৰ pitar		পিতাজনৰ pitazonor		পিতাকেইজনৰ pitakeizonor		পিতাবোৰৰ pitabüror		পিতাবিলাকৰ pitabilakor
dative	পিতালৈ pitaloi		পিতাজনলৈ pitazonoloi		পিতাকেইজনলৈ pitakeizonoloi		পিতাবোৰলৈ pitabüroloi		পিতাবিলাকলৈ pitabilakoloi
instrumental	পিতাৰে pitare		পিতাজনেৰে pitazonere		পিতাকেইজনেৰে pitakeizonere		পিতাবোৰেৰে pitabürere		পিতাবিলাকেৰে pitabilakere
locative	পিতাত pitat		পিতাজনত pitazonot		পিতাকেইজনত pitakeizonot		পিতাবোৰত pitabürot		পিতাবিলাকত pitabilakot
Accusative Note: -অক (-ok) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise. Dative Note 1: Some speakers use -অলৈ (-oloi)'s variant -অলে (-ole) instead. Dative Note 2: For direct objects -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Dative Note 3: In some dialects -অক (-ok) or -অত (-ot) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Instrumental Note 1: Alternatively -এদি (-edi) marks this case instead of -এৰে (-ere). Instrumental Note 2: Sometimes -এ (-e) marks this case. Locative Note: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in some cases.

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पिता (pitā), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pHtā́, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /pit̪a/, [ˈpit̪aˑ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /pit̪a/, [ˈpit̪aˑ]

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Noun

পিতা • (pita)

1. father

   Synonyms: বাবা (baba), আব্বা (abba), আব্বু (abbu), বাপ (bap), ওয়ালেদ (ōẇaled)

   নবীজী বলেছেন পিতা-মাতার খেদমত করতে।

   nobiji bolechen pita-matar khedomot korote.

   The Holy Prophet told to serve one's (own) father and mother.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• pitā (Latin script)
• 𑀧𑀺𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• पिता (Devanagari script)
• පිතා (Sinhalese script)
• ပိတာ or ပိတႃ (Burmese script)
• ปิตา (Thai script)
• ᨷᩥᨲᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ປິຕາ (Lao script)
• បិតា (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄨𑄖𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

পিতা (pitā)

1. Bengali script form of pitā, which is nominative singular of পিতর্ (pitar, “father”)