জন্য

See also: জন্যে

Bengali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit जन्य (janya, “relating to people”), with semantic and grammatical shift (adjective to postposition).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɔnːo/, [ˈd͡ʒɔnːoˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /dʑɔnːo/, [ˈdʑɔnːoˑ]
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  • (Vanga) IPA(key): /d̪zɔinːɔ/, [ˈd̪zɔinːɔˑ], [ˈzɔinːɔˑ]

Postposition

জন্য • (jonno) (with genitive case)

  1. for;[1] on behalf of;[1] (+animate noun) about;[1] due to;[1] because of;[1] in order to;[1] for (duration)[1]
    Synonyms: দরুন (dorun), লাগি (lagi)
    হয়ত তোমারই জন্য
    hoẏto tōmari jonno
    perhaps just because of you

References

  • Accessible Dictionary, [1] Government of Bangladesh
  • Accessible Dictionary, [2] Government of Bangladesh
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Hanne-Ruth Thompson (2012), chapter 5, in Theodora Bynon,David C. Bennet,Masayoshi Shibatani, editors, Bengali, volume 18, John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 108
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