ভেক

Assamese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʱɛk/

Noun

ভেক • (bhek)

  1. alternative form of ভেকুলী (bhekuli)

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भेक (bheka).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /bʱek/, [ˈbʱeːk], [ˈvek]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /bʱek/, [ˈbʱeːk], [ˈvek]

Noun

ভেক • (bhek)

  1. frog, toad
    Synonyms: ব্যাঙ (bêṅ), মণ্ডূক (monḍuk), অজিহ্ব (ojiubho), দাদুর (dadur), দর্দুর (dordur)
  2. alternative form of ভেখ (bhekh, asceticism, disguise)

Declension

indefinite forms
nominative ভেক (bhek)
objective ভেককে (bhek (semantically general or indefinite) / bhekke (semantically definite))
genitive ভেকের (bheker)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative ভেকটা, ভেকটি (bhekṭa (colloquial), bhekṭi (formal)) ভেকেরা (bhekera)
objective ভেকটাকে, ভেকটিকে (bhekṭake (colloquial), bhekṭike (formal)) ভেকদের(কে) (bhekder(ke))
genitive ভেকটার, ভেকটির (bhekṭar (colloquial), bhekṭir (formal)) ভেকদের (bhekder)
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

References

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