মেহনত

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian محنت (mihnat).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /mehɔnot̪/, [ˈmehɔnot̪]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /mehɔnot̪/, [ˈmehɔnot̪]

Noun

মেহনত • (mehonot)

1. toil
2. (figurative) laborious effort or endeavour

Inflection

Inflection of মেহনত
nominative	মেহনত mehnot
objective	মেহনত / মেহনতকে mehnot (semantically general or indefinite) / mehnotke (semantically definite)
genitive	মেহনতের mehnoter
locative	মেহনতে mehnote
	Indefinite forms
nominative	মেহনত mehnot
objective	মেহনত / মেহনতকে mehnot (semantically general or indefinite) / mehnotke (semantically definite)
genitive	মেহনতের mehnoter
locative	মেহনতে mehnote
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	মেহনতটা , মেহনতটি mehnotṭa (colloquial), mehnotṭi (formal)		মেহনতগুলা, মেহনতগুলো mehnotgula (colloquial), mehnotgulo (formal)
objective	মেহনতটা, মেহনতটি mehnotṭa (colloquial), mehnotṭi (formal)		মেহনতগুলা, মেহনতগুলো mehnotgula (colloquial), mehnotgulo (formal)
genitive	মেহনতটার, মেহনতটির mehnotṭar (colloquial), mehnotṭir (formal)		মেহনতগুলার, মেহনতগুলোর mehnotgular (colloquial), mehnotgulor (formal)
locative	মেহনতটাতে / মেহনতটায়, মেহনতটিতে mehnotṭate / mehnotṭay (colloquial), mehnotṭite (formal)		মেহনতগুলাতে / মেহনতগুলায়, মেহনতগুলোতে mehnotgulate / mehnotgulay (colloquial), mehnotgulote (formal)
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms

• মেহনতি (mehnoti)

 

References

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