পিতা

See also: পাতা and পাত

Assamese

Alternative forms

  • পিতাই (pitai)

Etymology

Inherited from Early Assamese পিতা (pita), borrowed from Sanskrit পিতৃ (pitṛ), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pHtā́, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Doublet of পিতৃ (pitri).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pi.ta/

Noun

পিতা • (pita)

  1. father, dad
    Synonyms: দেউতা (deuta), বাপ (bap), বোপা (büpa), বোপাই (büpai)

Usage notes

Like other Assamese kinship nouns, পিতা (pita) uses the -এক (-ek) suffix for 3rd person. 2nd person can use the -এৰে (-ere) suffix for contemptuous manner. For example,

  • মোৰ পিতাmür pitaMy father
  • আপোনাৰ বাপapünar bapYour পিতা
  • তোৰ পিতাৰেtür pitareYour father
  • তাৰ পিতাকtar pitakHis father

Declension

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पिता (pitā), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pHtā́, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /pit̪a/, [ˈpit̪aˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /pit̪a/, [ˈpit̪aˑ]
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Noun

পিতা • (pita)

  1. father
    Synonyms: বাবা (baba), আব্বা (abba), আব্বু (abbu), বাপ (bap), ওয়ালেদ (ōẇaled)
    নবীজী বলেছেন পিতা-মাতা খেদমত করতে
    nobiji bolechen pita-matar khedomot korote.
    The Holy Prophet told to serve one's (own) father and mother.

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

পিতা (pitā)

  1. Bengali script form of pitā, which is nominative singular of পিতর্ (pitar, father)
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