বন্ধু

See also: বন্ধ

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit बन्धु (bandhu). Compare Assamese বন্ধু (bondhu), Odia ବନ୍ଧୁ (bôndhu), Hindustani بندهو / बन्धु (bandhu).

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /bond̪ʱu/, [ˈbond̪ʱuˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /bond̪ʱu/, [ˈbond̪ʱuˑ]
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Noun

বন্ধু • (bondhu)

  1. friend
    Hyponyms: বান্ধব (bandhob, (male)), বান্ধবী (bandhobi, (female))

Inflection
Inflection of বন্ধু
nominative বন্ধু
bondhu
objective বন্ধুকে
bondhuke
genitive বন্ধুর
bondhur
Indefinite forms
nominative বন্ধু
bondhu
objective বন্ধুকে
bondhuke
genitive বন্ধুর
bondhur
Definite forms
singular plural
nominative বন্ধুটা, বন্ধুটি
bondhuṭa (colloquial), bondhuṭi (formal)		 বন্ধুরা
bondhura
objective বন্ধুটাকে, বন্ধুটিকে
bondhuṭake (colloquial), bondhuṭike (formal)		 বন্ধুদের(কে)
bondhuder(ke)
genitive বন্ধুটার, বন্ধুটির
bondhuṭar (colloquial), bondhuṭir (formal)		 বন্ধুদের
bondhuder
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Synonyms

Derived terms

References
  • Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “বন্ধু”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • bandhu (Latin script)
  • 𑀩𑀦𑁆𑀥𑀼 (Brahmi script)
  • बन्धु (Devanagari script)
  • බන්‍ධු (Sinhalese script)
  • ဗန္ဓု or ၿၼ္ꩪု or ၿၼ်ꩪု (Burmese script)
  • พนฺธุ or พันธุ (Thai script)
  • ᨻᨶ᩠ᨵᩩ (Tai Tham script)
  • ພນ຺ຘຸ or ພັນຘຸ (Lao script)
  • ពន្ធុ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄝𑄚𑄴𑄙𑄪 (Chakma script)

Noun

বন্ধু m

  1. Bengali script form of bandhu

Declension
Declension table of "বন্ধু" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)বন্ধু (bandhu)বন্ধৰো (bandhavo) or বন্ধূ (bandhū)
Accusative (second)বন্ধুং (bandhuṃ)বন্ধৰো (bandhavo) or বন্ধূ (bandhū)
Instrumental (third)বন্ধুনা (bandhunā)বন্ধূহি (bandhūhi) or বন্ধূভি (bandhūbhi)
Dative (fourth)বন্ধুস্স (bandhussa) or বন্ধুনো (bandhuno)বন্ধূনং (bandhūnaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)বন্ধুস্মা (bandhusmā) or বন্ধুম্হা (bandhumhā)বন্ধূহি (bandhūhi) or বন্ধূভি (bandhūbhi)
Genitive (sixth)বন্ধুস্স (bandhussa) or বন্ধুনো (bandhuno)বন্ধূনং (bandhūnaṃ)
Locative (seventh)বন্ধুস্মিং (bandhusmiṃ) or বন্ধুম্হি (bandhumhi)বন্ধূসু (bandhūsu)
Vocative (calling)বন্ধু (bandhu)বন্ধৰে (bandhave) or বন্ধৰো (bandhavo)
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