ঘোমটা

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *घुम्बपट्ट (ghumbapaṭṭa), from *घुम्ब (ghumba) +‎ पट्ट (paṭṭa). Cognate with Odia ଘୁମ୍ବଟା (ghumbôṭa), Nepali घुमटो (ghumaṭo), Gujarati ઘૂમટો (ghūmṭo), and possibly, Hindi घूँघट (ghūṅghaṭ).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ɡʱomʈa/, [ɡʱomʈaˑ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ɡʱomta/, [ɡʱomtaˑ]

Noun

ঘোমটা • (ghōmṭa)

1. head and face covering veil worn by women

   Synonyms: পর্দা (porda), আবরু (aboru), যবনিকা (jobnika), আবরণ (aboron), আচ্ছাদন (acchadon)

Inflection

Inflection of ঘোমটা
nominative	ঘোমটা ghōmṭa
objective	ঘোমটা / ঘোমটাকে ghōmṭa (semantically general or indefinite) / ghōmṭake (semantically definite)
genitive	ঘোমটার ghōmṭar
locative	ঘোমটাতে / ঘোমটায় ghōmṭate / ghōmṭaẏ
	Indefinite forms
nominative	ঘোমটা ghōmṭa
objective	ঘোমটা / ঘোমটাকে ghōmṭa (semantically general or indefinite) / ghōmṭake (semantically definite)
genitive	ঘোমটার ghōmṭar
locative	ঘোমটাতে / ঘোমটায় ghōmṭate / ghōmṭaẏ
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	ঘোমটাটি , ঘোমটাটা ghōmṭaṭi, ghōmṭaṭa		ঘোমটাগুলি, ঘোমটাগুলা, ঘোমটাগুলো ghōmṭaguli, ghōmṭagula, ghōmṭagulō
objective	ঘোমটাটি, ঘোমটাটা ghōmṭaṭi, ghōmṭaṭa		ঘোমটাগুলি, ঘোমটাগুলা, ঘোমটাগুলো ghōmṭaguli, ghōmṭagula, ghōmṭagulō
genitive	ঘোমটাটির, ঘোমটাটার ghōmṭaṭir, ghōmṭaṭar		ঘোমটাগুলির, ঘোমটাগুলার, ঘোমটাগুলোর ghōmṭagulir, ghōmṭagular, ghōmṭagulōr
locative	ঘোমটাটিতে, ঘোমটাটাতে, ঘোমটাটায় ghōmṭaṭite, ghōmṭaṭate, ghōmṭaṭaẏ		ঘোমটাগুলিতে, ঘোমটাগুলাতে, ঘোমটাগুলায়, ঘোমটাগুলোতে ghōmṭagulite, ghōmṭagulate, ghōmṭagulaẏ, ghōmṭagulōte
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).