ঠিক

Bengali

Etymology

From Ashokan Prakrit *𑀞𑀻𑀓𑁆𑀓 (*ṭhīkka), ultimately from Sanskrit स्थित (sthita, “situated; firm”).

Doublet of ঠিকানা (ṭhikana, “address”) and স্থিত (sthito, “fixed, located”). Also related to থাকা (thaka, “to live, stay”), থানা (thana, “police station”), ঠাঁই (ṭhãi, “place”), থালা (thala, “plate”), স্থল (sthol, “ground, land”), স্থাপন (sthapon, “placing”), স্থাপত্য (sthapotto, “architecture”), স্থান (sthan, “place”), and -স্তান (-stan).

Cognate with Assamese ঠিক (thik), Odia ଠିକ (ṭhikô), Hindustani ٹھیک / ठीक (ṭhīk), Gujarati ઠીક (ṭhīk), Sindhi ٺيِڪُ / ठीकु, Marathi ठीक (ṭhīk), Punjabi ٹِھیک‎ / ਠੀਕ (ṭhīk).

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ʈʰik/, [ˈʈʰiːk], [ˈʈʰik]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /tʰik/, [ˈtʰiːk], [ˈtʰik]

Adjective

ঠিক • (ṭhik) (comparative আরও ঠিক, superlative সবচেয়ে ঠিক)

  1. right, proper, correct
    ঠিক জায়গায় লিখি
    ṭhik jaẏgaẏ likhi
    write in the correct place
  2. in working order
  3. fitting, suitable

Adverb

ঠিক • (ṭhik)

  1. right, exactly, just
  2. certainly, surely

Noun

ঠিক • (ṭhik)

  1. fixity, firmness
  2. regularity, certainty
  3. total, sum, addition
    ঠিক দেওয়া ― ṭhik deōẇa ― to tot up, to add
    ঠিকে ভুল ― ṭhike bhul ― an error in calculation; (by extension) an error in judgment
    ঠিক পাওয়া ― ṭhik paōẇa ― to discern, find out

Declension
Inflection of ঠিক
nominative ঠিক
ṭhik
objective ঠিক / ঠিককে
ṭhik (semantically general or indefinite) / ṭhikke (semantically definite)
genitive ঠিকের
ṭhiker
locative ঠিকে
ṭhike
Indefinite forms
nominative ঠিক
ṭhik
objective ঠিক / ঠিককে
ṭhik (semantically general or indefinite) / ṭhikke (semantically definite)
genitive ঠিকের
ṭhiker
locative ঠিকে
ṭhike
Definite forms
singular plural
nominative ঠিকটা , ঠিকটি
ṭhikṭa (colloquial), ṭhikṭi (formal)		 ঠিকগুলা, ঠিকগুলো
ṭhikgula (colloquial), ṭhikgulo (formal)
objective ঠিকটা, ঠিকটি
ṭhikṭa (colloquial), ṭhikṭi (formal)		 ঠিকগুলা, ঠিকগুলো
ṭhikgula (colloquial), ṭhikgulo (formal)
genitive ঠিকটার, ঠিকটির
ṭhikṭar (colloquial), ṭhikṭir (formal)		 ঠিকগুলার, ঠিকগুলোর
ṭhikgular (colloquial), ṭhikgulor (formal)
locative ঠিকটাতে / ঠিকটায়, ঠিকটিতে
ṭhikṭate / ṭhikṭay (colloquial), ṭhikṭite (formal)		 ঠিকগুলাতে / ঠিকগুলায়, ঠিকগুলোতে
ṭhikgulate / ṭhikgulay (colloquial), ṭhikgulote (formal)
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms
  • ঠিক ঠাক (ṭhik ṭhak)

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