কণ্ঠ্য

Assamese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कण्ठ्य (kaṇṭhya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔn.tʰjɔ/

Adjective

কণ্ঠ্য • (konthyo)

1. (phonetics) guttural (used to describe the place of articulation of the letters ক (ko), খ (kho), গ (go), ঘ (gho), ঙ (ṅo) and হ (ho)

   Coordinate terms: তালব্য (taloibbo), মূৰ্ধন্য (murdhoinno), দন্ত্য (dontyo), ওষ্ঠ্য (üsthyo)

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कण्ठ्य (kaṇṭhya).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /kɔnʈʰo/, [ˈkɔɳʈʰoˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /kɔntʰo/, [ˈkɔntʰoˑ]

Adjective

কণ্ঠ্য • (konṭṭho) (comparative আরও কণ্ঠ্য, superlative সবচেয়ে কণ্ঠ্য)

1. (phonetics) guttural (used to describe the place of articulation of the letters ক (ko), খ (kho), গ (go), ঘ (gho), ঙ (ṅo) and হ (ho)

   Synonyms: তালব্য (talobbo), ওষ্ঠ্য (ōśṭṭho), মূর্ধন্য (murdhonno), দন্ত্য (dontto)

2. belonging to the throat

References

• Biswas, Sailendra (2000) “কণ্ঠ্য”, in Samsad Bengali-English dictionary, 3^rd edition, Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad, →OCLC.