কাকতালীয়

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit কাকতালীয় (kākatālīẏa). By surface analysis, কাক (kak) +‎ -তালীয় (-taliẏo). Compare Assamese কাক-তালীয় (kak-talio), Odia କାକତାଳୀୟ (kakôtaḷiyô), Hindi काकतालीय (kāktālīya).

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /kakt̪ali̯o/, [ˈkakt̪ali̯oˑ], /kakot̪ali̯o/, [ˈkakot̪ali̯oˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /kakt̪ali̯o/, [ˈkakt̪ali̯oˑ], /kakot̪ali̯o/, [ˈkakot̪ali̯oˑ]

Adjective

কাকতালীয় • (kaktaliẏo)

  1. apparently linked but in actual fact coincidental
  2. successive but not connected by causation
    কাকতালীয় ন্যায় ― kaktaliẏo nêẏ ― post hoc ergo propter hoc

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