"হিজড়া" meaning in Bengali

See হিজড়া in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /hid͡ʒɽa/ (note: Rarh), [hid͡ʒɽaˑ] (note: Rarh), /hid͡ʒɾa/ (note: Rarh), [hid͡ʒɾaˑ] (note: Rarh), /hidʑɹa/ (note: Dhaka), [hidʑɹaˑ] (note: Dhaka)
Etymology: Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀳𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀟 (*hijjaḍa), from *𑀳𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚 (*hijja, “defective”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|bn|inc-ash|*𑀳𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀟|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Ashokan Prakrit *𑀳𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀟 (*hijjaḍa), {{inh+|bn|inc-ash|*𑀳𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀟}} Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀳𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀟 (*hijjaḍa), {{inc-ext|bn|ḍa}} + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-) Head templates: {{head|bn|noun|||||||||||||||||autotrinfl=1|head=|sort=|tr=hijṛa|tr2=}} হিজড়া • (hijṛa), {{bn-noun|tr=hijṛa}} হিজড়া • (hijṛa) Inflection templates: {{bn-decl-noun-c|gen=হিজড়ার|gen-p=হিজড়াদের|gen-p-tr=hijṛader|gen-s=হিজড়াটার, হিজড়াটির|gen-s-tr=hijṛaṭar (colloquial), hijṛaṭir (formal)|gen-tr=hijṛar|nom=হিজড়া|nom-p=হিজড়ারা|nom-p-tr=hijṛara|nom-s=হিজড়াটা, হিজড়াটি|nom-s-tr=hijṛaṭa (colloquial), hijṛaṭi (formal)|nom-tr=hijṛa|obj=হিজড়াকে|obj-p=হিজড়াদের(কে)|obj-p-tr=hijṛader(ke)|obj-s=হিজড়াটাকে, হিজড়াটিকে|obj-s-tr=hijṛaṭake (colloquial), hijṛaṭike (formal)|obj-tr=hijṛake}} Forms: hijṛa [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], হিজড়া [indefinite, nominative], হিজড়াকে [indefinite, objective], হিজড়ার [genitive, indefinite], হিজড়াটা [definite, nominative, singular], হিজড়াটি (hijṛaṭa (colloquial), hijṛaṭi (formal)) [definite, nominative, singular], হিজড়ারা [definite, nominative, plural], হিজড়াটাকে [definite, objective, singular], হিজড়াটিকে (hijṛaṭake (colloquial), hijṛaṭike (formal)) [definite, objective, singular], হিজড়াদের(কে) [definite, objective, plural], হিজড়াদের(কে) [definite, objective, plural], হিজড়াটার [definite, genitive, singular], হিজড়াটির (hijṛaṭar (colloquial), hijṛaṭir (formal)) [definite, genitive, singular], হিজড়াদের [definite, genitive, plural], Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).
  1. hijra; hermaphrodite; eunuch
    Sense id: en-হিজড়া-bn-noun-NvATa9P3 Categories (other): Bengali entries with incorrect language header, Bengali terms extended with Indo-Aryan -𑀟-, Bengali terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Bengali terms with redundant transliterations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Gender, People, Transgender
     
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        "bn:People",
        "bn:Transgender"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hijra; hermaphrodite; eunuch"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hijra",
          "hijra"
        ],
        [
          "hermaphrodite",
          "hermaphrodite"
        ],
        [
          "eunuch",
          "eunuch"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hid͡ʒɽa/",
      "note": "Rarh"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[hid͡ʒɽaˑ]",
      "note": "Rarh"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hid͡ʒɾa/",
      "note": "Rarh"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[hid͡ʒɾaˑ]",
      "note": "Rarh"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hidʑɹa/",
      "note": "Dhaka"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[hidʑɹaˑ]",
      "note": "Dhaka"
    }
  ],
  "word": "হিজড়া"
}

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{
  "called_from": "inflection/1826",
  "msg": "inflection table: empty tags for Objective Note: In some dialects",
  "path": [
    "হিজড়া"
  ],
  "section": "Bengali",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "হিজড়া",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/1826",
  "msg": "inflection table: empty tags for -রে  marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).",
  "path": [
    "হিজড়া"
  ],
  "section": "Bengali",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "হিজড়া",
  "trace": ""
}

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