ছাই

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Assamese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit ছাদি (chādi, *covering, hiding, obscuring).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ছাই (sai) (classifier -খিনি)

  1. ash

Declension

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Declension of ছাই
nominative ছাই / ছায়ে
sai / saye
genitive ছাইৰ
sair
nominative ছাই / ছায়ে
sai / saye
accusative ছাই / ছাইক
sai / saik
dative ছাইলৈ
sailoi
terminative ছাইলৈকে
sailoike
instrumental ছায়ে / ছায়েৰে
saye / sayere
genitive ছাইৰ
sair
locative ছাইত
sait
Notes
Noun: Assamese nouns are indefinite. They can be both singular and plural depending on the context. They are made definite by using classifiers and plural suffixes which also make them either singular and plural.
Plural: The general plural suffixes are: -বোৰ (-bür) and -বিলাক (-bilak) (less common). Others which have specific functions include -সমূহ (-xomuh), -সকল (-xokol), -হঁত (-hõt) etc.
Nominative: The -এ (-e) suffix is used when the noun works as an agent and the verb is transitive.
Accusative: -অক (-ok) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise.
Dative 1: For direct objects -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi).
Dative 2: In some dialects -অক (-ok) or -অত (-ot) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi).
Terminative: Vaguely -অলৈ (-oloi) can mark this case too.
Instrumental 1: -এ (-e) is unemphatic and -এৰে (-ere) is emphatic and more common.
Instrumental 2: Alternatively -এদি (-edi) is used instead of the default -এৰে (-ere) in Standard Assamese.
Locative: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in repetition of the word, with adverbs and days of the week.

Bengali

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Pronunciation

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  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /t͡ʃʰai̯/, [ˈt͡ʃʰai̯]
    Audio:(file)
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /tɕʰai̯/, [ˈtɕʰai̯]
  • (Vanga) IPA(key): /sai̯/, [ˈsai̯], [ˈsai̯]

Noun

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ছাই (chai)

  1. ash
  2. rubbish, garbage
  3. something worthless

Declension

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Inflection of ছাই
nominative ছাই
chai
objective ছাই / ছাইকে
chai (semantically general or indefinite) / chaike (semantically definite)
genitive ছাইয়ের / ছাইর
chaiyer / chair
locative ছাইতে
chaite
Indefinite forms
nominative ছাই
chai
objective ছাই / ছাইকে
chai (semantically general or indefinite) / chaike (semantically definite)
genitive ছাইয়ের / ছাইর
chaiyer / chair
locative ছাইতে
chaite
Definite forms
singular plural
nominative ছাইটা , ছাইটি
chaiṭa (colloquial), chaiṭi (formal)
ছাইগুলা, ছাইগুলো
chaigula (colloquial), chaigulo (formal)
objective ছাইটা, ছাইটি
chaiṭa (colloquial), chaiṭi (formal)
ছাইগুলা, ছাইগুলো
chaigula (colloquial), chaigulo (formal)
genitive ছাইটার, ছাইটির
chaiṭar (colloquial), chaiṭir (formal)
ছাইগুলার, ছাইগুলোর
chaigular (colloquial), chaigulor (formal)
locative ছাইটাতে / ছাইটায়, ছাইটিতে
chaiṭate / chaiṭay (colloquial), chaiṭite (formal)
ছাইগুলাতে / ছাইগুলায়, ছাইগুলোতে
chaigulate / chaigulay (colloquial), chaigulote (formal)
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms

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References

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