মেয়ে

Bengali

Alternative forms

• মাইয়া (maiẏa) — rustic

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Bengali মাইয়া (maiẏa), from Prakrit *𑀫𑀸𑀇𑀆 (*māiā), from Sanskrit मातृका (mātṛkā, “(someone) like the mother”), from मातृ (mātṛ, “mother”). Cognate with Sylheti ꠝꠣꠁꠀ (maia), ꠝꠣꠁ (mai), Assamese মাই (mai), Odia ମାଈ (māi). Doublet of মা (ma), মাতা (mata), মাতৃ (matri), মাই (mai, “breast”), and মাসি (maśi).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /meː/, [ˈmeː], /meɪ/, [ˈmeɪ]

  Audio:

  (file)

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /meː/, [ˈmeː], /meɪ/, [ˈmeɪ]

  Audio:

  (file)

Noun

মেয়ে • (meẏe)

1. girl
2. daughter
3. gal

Inflection

Inflection of মেয়ে
nominative	মেয়ে meẏe
objective	মেয়েকে meẏeke
genitive	মেয়ের meẏer
	Indefinite forms
nominative	মেয়ে meẏe
objective	মেয়েকে meẏeke
genitive	মেয়ের meẏer
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	মেয়েটা, মেয়েটি meẏeṭa (colloquial), meẏeṭi (formal)		মেয়েরা meẏera
objective	মেয়েটাকে, মেয়েটিকে meẏeṭake (colloquial), meẏeṭike (formal)		মেয়েদের(কে) meẏeder(ke)
genitive	মেয়েটার, মেয়েটির meẏeṭar (colloquial), meẏeṭir (formal)		মেয়েদের meẏeder
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Antonyms

• (girl, daughter, gal) ছেলে (chele)

Derived terms

• মেয়েমানুষ (meẏemanuś)
• মেয়েলোক (meẏelōk)
• মেয়েমুখো (meẏemukhō)

Adjective

মেয়ে • (meẏe) (comparative আরও মেয়ে, superlative সবচেয়ে মেয়ে)

1. (attributive) she-, female