সই
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Bengali
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian صَحِیح (sahīh), with a semantic narrowing in Indian Persian,[1] from Arabic صَحِيح (ṣaḥīḥ, “correct, valid”). First attested in the 18th century[1] as Middle Bengali সহি (śohi). Doublet of সহীহ (sohih), borrowed directly from Arabic.
Noun
[edit]সই • (śoi)
- signature
- এটা কার সই?
- eṭa kar śoi?
- Whose signature is this?
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of সই | |||
nominative | সই śoi | ||
---|---|---|---|
objective | সই / সইকে śoi (semantically general or indefinite) / śoike (semantically definite) | ||
genitive | সইর śoir | ||
locative | সইতে śoite | ||
Indefinite forms | |||
nominative | সই śoi | ||
objective | সই / সইকে śoi (semantically general or indefinite) / śoike (semantically definite) | ||
genitive | সইর śoir | ||
locative | সইতে śoite | ||
Definite forms | |||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | সইটা , সইটি śoiṭa (colloquial), śoiṭi (formal) |
সইগুলা, সইগুলো śoigula (colloquial), śoigulo (formal) | |
objective | সইটা, সইটি śoiṭa (colloquial), śoiṭi (formal) |
সইগুলা, সইগুলো śoigula (colloquial), śoigulo (formal) | |
genitive | সইটার, সইটির śoiṭar (colloquial), śoiṭir (formal) |
সইগুলার, সইগুলোর śoigular (colloquial), śoigulor (formal) | |
locative | সইটাতে / সইটায়, সইটিতে śoiṭate / śoiṭay (colloquial), śoiṭite (formal) |
সইগুলাতে / সইগুলায়, সইগুলোতে śoigulate / śoigulay (colloquial), śoigulote (formal) | |
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke). |
Derived terms
[edit]- সই করা (śoi kora, “to sign”)
Etymology 2
[edit]Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀳𑀺 (sahi), from Sanskrit सखी (sakhī). Doublet of সখী (śokhi).
Noun
[edit]সই • (śoi)
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.[1], volume 2, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 864.
Further reading
[edit]- Atindra Mojumder (1981) “সই/সহি”, in Arabic, Persian and Turkish Words in Bengali Literature, Melbourne: University of Melbourne; republished 15 Shyama Charan Dey Street, Kolkata 700073: Ekush Shatak, 2012, page 465
Categories:
- Bengali terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Bengali/oi
- Rhymes:Bengali/oi/1 syllable
- Bengali terms derived from Arabic
- Bengali terms derived from the Arabic root ص ح ح
- Bengali terms borrowed from Classical Persian
- Bengali terms derived from Classical Persian
- Bengali words that have undergone semantic narrowing
- Bengali terms inherited from Middle Bengali
- Bengali terms derived from Middle Bengali
- Bengali doublets
- Bengali lemmas
- Bengali nouns
- Bengali terms with usage examples
- Bengali terms inherited from Prakrit
- Bengali terms derived from Prakrit
- Bengali terms inherited from Sanskrit
- Bengali terms derived from Sanskrit
- bn:Writing