আবাদ

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آباد (ābād). Compare Hindustani آباد / आबाद (ābād).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /abad̪/, [ˈabad̪]

Noun

আবাদ • (abad)

  1. cultivation, tillage
    Synonyms: চাষ (caś), কৃষি (kriśi)
  2. cultivated land, land developed for agriculture
  3. settlement, habitation

Declension

indefinite forms
nominative আবাদ (abad)
objective আবাদ / আবাদকে (abad (semantically general or indefinite) / abadke (semantically definite))
genitive আবাদের (abader)
locative আবাদে (abade)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative আবাদটা , আবাদটি (abadṭa (colloquial), abadṭi (formal)) আবাদগুলা, আবাদগুলো (abadgula (colloquial), abadgulo (formal))
objective আবাদটা, আবাদটি (abadṭa (colloquial), abadṭi (formal)) আবাদগুলা, আবাদগুলো (abadgula (colloquial), abadgulo (formal))
genitive আবাদটার, আবাদটির (abadṭar (colloquial), abadṭir (formal)) আবাদগুলার, আবাদগুলোর (abadgular (colloquial), abadgulor (formal))
locative আবাদটাতে / আবাদটায়, আবাদটিতে (abadṭate / abadṭay (colloquial), abadṭite (formal)) আবাদগুলাতে / আবাদগুলায়, আবাদগুলোতে (abadgulate / abadgulay (colloquial), abadgulote (formal))
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Descendants

  • Garo: abat

Adjective

আবাদ • (abad) (comparative আরও আবাদ, superlative সবচেয়ে আবাদ)

  1. cultivated, tilled
  2. arable, fit for agriculture

Derived terms

  • আবাদি (abadi)

References

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