Where does “-আ” come from?

-আ (Bengali) comes from Sanskrit -आ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

-আ (Bengali): extends nouns and adjectives, often with definitive, augmentative or connective force

Definitions

  1. extends nouns and adjectives, often with definitive, augmentative or connective force

Ancestry of “-আ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskrit-आfeminine suffix
2Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “-আ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Sanskrit -आ →