চাউল

চাউল

Assamese

Etymology

Cognate with Sylheti ꠌꠣꠃꠟ (saul), Rohingya soil, Bengali চাল (cal), Oriya ଚାଉଳ (cauḷô), Hindi चावल (cāval) .

Noun

চাউল • (saul)

1. uncooked peeled rice

Declension

Inflection of চাউল

	Indefinite forms		Definite forms
			specific		not specific
					regular		formal		very formal
absolutive	চাউল saul		চাউলখিনি saulkhini		চাউলবোৰ saulbür		চাউলবিলাক saulbilak		চাউলসমূহ saulxomuh
ergative	চাউলে saule		চাউলখিনিয়ে saulkhinie		চাউলবোৰে saulbüre		চাউলবিলাকে saulbilake		চাউলসমূহে saulxomuhe
accusative	চাউলক saulok		চাউলখিনিক saulkhinik		চাউলবোৰক saulbürok		চাউলবিলাকক saulbilakok		চাউলসমূহক saulxomuhok
genitive	চাউলৰ saulor		চাউলখিনিৰ saulkhinir		চাউলবোৰৰ saulbüror		চাউলবিলাকৰ saulbilakor		চাউলসমূহৰ saulxomuhor
dative	চাউললৈ sauloloi		চাউলখিনিলৈ saulkhiniloi		চাউলবোৰলৈ saulbüroloi		চাউলবিলাকলৈ saulbilakoloi		চাউলসমূহলৈ saulxomuholoi
instrumental	চাউলেৰে saulere		চাউলখিনিৰে saulkhinire		চাউলবোৰেৰে saulbürere		চাউলবিলাকেৰে saulbilakere		চাউলসমূহেৰে saulxomuhere
locative	চাউলত saulot		চাউলখিনিত saulkhinit		চাউলবোৰত saulbürot		চাউলবিলাকত saulbilakot		চাউলসমূহত saulxomuhot
Accusative Note: -অক (-ok) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise. Dative Note 1: Some speakers use -অলৈ (-oloi)'s variant -অলে (-ole) instead. Dative Note 2: For direct objects -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Dative Note 3: In some dialects -অক (-ok) or -অত (-ot) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Instrumental Note 1: Alternatively -এদি (-edi) marks this case instead of -এৰে (-ere). Instrumental Note 2: Sometimes -এ (-e) marks this case. Locative Note: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in some cases.

See also

• ধান (dhan)
• ভাত (bhat)

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Bengali

Alternative forms

• চাঁউল (cãul)

Etymology

According to some, the word is a corruption of Sanskrit তণ্ডুল (taṇḍula) via তাঁড়ুল (tãṛul) > তাঁউল (tãul) > চাঁউল (cãul); further contracted forms, according to this hypothesis, include চাল (cal).[1] Another explanation is that it is corruption of চালনী (calnī, “sieve”), from Sanskrit चालनी (cālanī) (< चल् (√cal, “move”)).[2]

For another probable derivation, see Etymology 1 of Bengali চাল (cal).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cau̯l/

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Noun

চাউল • (caul)

1. uncooked husked rice[3][2][1].

   Synonyms: চাল (cal), তণ্ডুল (tôṇḍul)

Derived terms

(Nouns)

• চাউলপড়া (caulpôṛa)

See also

• (unhusked) ধান (dhan), ধান্য (dhannô), ব্রীহি (brīhi)
• (boiled) অন্ন (ônnô), ভাত (bhat), ওদন (odôn)
• (parched) মুড়ি (muṛi)

References

1. দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937), “চাউল, চাঁউল”, in Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্‌লিশিং হাউস, page 755
2. Haughton, Graves C. (1833) A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language‎, London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 1065
3. Carey, William (1828) A Dictionary of the Bengalee Language‎, volume II, Serampore, page 339