আরক

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq, sweat), in reference to the condensate in distillation. Cognate with English arak and arrack.

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /aɾɔk/, [ˈaɾɔk]

Noun

আরক • (arok)

  1. extract, essence
    Synonyms: নির্যাস (nirjaś), সার (śar)
  2. juice, sap
    Synonyms: রস (ros), সার (śar)
  3. (alcoholic beverages) spirit, arrack
  4. tincture

Declension

indefinite forms
nominative আরক (arok)
objective আরক / আরককে (arok (semantically general or indefinite) / arokke (semantically definite))
genitive আরকের (aroker)
locative আরকে (aroke)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative আরকটা , আরকটি (arokṭa (colloquial), arokṭi (formal)) আরকগুলা, আরকগুলো (arokgula (colloquial), arokgulo (formal))
objective আরকটা, আরকটি (arokṭa (colloquial), arokṭi (formal)) আরকগুলা, আরকগুলো (arokgula (colloquial), arokgulo (formal))
genitive আরকটার, আরকটির (arokṭar (colloquial), arokṭir (formal)) আরকগুলার, আরকগুলোর (arokgular (colloquial), arokgulor (formal))
locative আরকটাতে / আরকটায়, আরকটিতে (arokṭate / arokṭay (colloquial), arokṭite (formal)) আরকগুলাতে / আরকগুলায়, আরকগুলোতে (arokgulate / arokgulay (colloquial), arokgulote (formal))
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

References

  • Biswas, Sailendra (2000), “আরক”, in Samsad Bengali-English dictionary, 3rd edition, Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad, →OCLC.
  • Bhaṭṭācārya, Subhāsha (2003), “আরক”, in Saṁsada Bāṁlā uccāraṇa abhidhāna, 2nd edition, Kalikata: Sāhitya Saṃsada, →OCLC.
  • Biswas, Sailendra (2004), “আরক”, in সংসদ বাংলা অভিধান, 7th edition, Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad.
  • আরক”, in Accessible Dictionary [Bengali-English], Bangladesh: Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), 2018.