দিবস

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit দিবস (divasa). Compare Hindi दिवस (divas).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /d̪ibɔʃ/, [ˈd̪ibɔʃ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /d̪ibɔʃ/, [ˈd̪ibɔʃ]
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Noun

দিবস • (diboś)

  1. day, daytime
    Synonym: দিন (din)
    আন্তর্জাতিক মাতৃভাষা দিবসantorjatik matribhaśa dibośInternational Mother Tongue Day

Declension

indefinite forms
nominative দিবস (diboś)
objective দিবস / দিবসকে (diboś (semantically general or indefinite) / dibośke (semantically definite))
genitive দিবসের (dibośer)
locative দিবসে (dibośe)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative দিবসটা , দিবসটি (dibośṭa (colloquial), dibośṭi (formal)) দিবসগুলা, দিবসগুলো (dibośgula (colloquial), dibośgulo (formal))
objective দিবসটা, দিবসটি (dibośṭa (colloquial), dibośṭi (formal)) দিবসগুলা, দিবসগুলো (dibośgula (colloquial), dibośgulo (formal))
genitive দিবসটার, দিবসটির (dibośṭar (colloquial), dibośṭir (formal)) দিবসগুলার, দিবসগুলোর (dibośgular (colloquial), dibośgulor (formal))
locative দিবসটাতে / দিবসটায়, দিবসটিতে (dibośṭate / dibośṭay (colloquial), dibośṭite (formal)) দিবসগুলাতে / দিবসগুলায়, দিবসগুলোতে (dibośgulate / dibośgulay (colloquial), dibośgulote (formal))
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms

  • দিবসাত্যয় (dibśattoẏ)
  • দিবসাবসান (dibśabśan)
  • দিবসালোক (dibśalōk)
  • দিবস্পতি (dibośpoti)

References

  • Biswas, Sailendra (2000), “দিবস”, in Samsad Bengali-English dictionary, 3rd edition, Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad, →OCLC.
  • Biswas, Sailendra (2004), “দিবস”, in সংসদ বাংলা অভিধান, 7th edition, Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad.
  • Dāsa, Jñānendramohana (1937-1938), “দিবস”, in Bāṅgālā bhāshāra abhidhāna (in Bengali), 2nd edition, Kalikata: Indian Publishing House, →OCLC.
  • Bhaṭṭācārya, Subhāsha (2003), “দিবস”, in Saṁsada Bāṁlā uccāraṇa abhidhāna, 2nd edition, Kalikata: Sāhitya Saṃsada, →OCLC.
  • দিবস”, in Accessible Dictionary [Bengali-English], Bangladesh: Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), 2018.