পুচ্ছ

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पुच्छ (puccha).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /put͡ʃʰːo/, [ˈput͡ʃʰːoˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /putɕʰːo/, [ˈputɕʰːoˑ]
• (Vanga) IPA^(key): /put̪sːɔ/, [ˈput̪sːɔˑ], [ˈɸusːɔˑ]

Noun

পুচ্ছ • (puccho)

1. (anatomy) tail

Inflection

Inflection of পুচ্ছ
nominative	পুচ্ছ puccho
objective	পুচ্ছ / পুচ্ছকে puccho (semantically general or indefinite) / pucchoke (semantically definite)
genitive	পুচ্ছর pucchor
locative	পুচ্ছতে / পুচ্ছয় pucchote / pucchoẏ
	Indefinite forms
nominative	পুচ্ছ puccho
objective	পুচ্ছ / পুচ্ছকে puccho (semantically general or indefinite) / pucchoke (semantically definite)
genitive	পুচ্ছর pucchor
locative	পুচ্ছতে / পুচ্ছয় pucchote / pucchoẏ
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	পুচ্ছটি , পুচ্ছটা pucchoṭi, pucchoṭa		পুচ্ছগুলি, পুচ্ছগুলা, পুচ্ছগুলো pucchoguli, pucchogula, pucchogulō
objective	পুচ্ছটি, পুচ্ছটা pucchoṭi, pucchoṭa		পুচ্ছগুলি, পুচ্ছগুলা, পুচ্ছগুলো pucchoguli, pucchogula, pucchogulō
genitive	পুচ্ছটির, পুচ্ছটার pucchoṭir, pucchoṭar		পুচ্ছগুলির, পুচ্ছগুলার, পুচ্ছগুলোর pucchogulir, pucchogular, pucchogulōr
locative	পুচ্ছটিতে, পুচ্ছটাতে, পুচ্ছটায় pucchoṭite, pucchoṭate, pucchoṭaẏ		পুচ্ছগুলিতে, পুচ্ছগুলাতে, পুচ্ছগুলায়, পুচ্ছগুলোতে pucchogulite, pucchogulate, pucchogulaẏ, pucchogulōte
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

References

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