Sayings With a Special Meaning

Level 6Sounds Like jaturaā ṭhām̐ca

A জতুৱা ঠাঁচ is an idiom: চকুৰ মণি means “something very dear”, and মাটিৰ মানুহ means “a simple, down-to-earth person”.

How It Works

Take কাণ কটা. কাণ is “ear” and কটা is “cut”, so each word alone suggests a cut ear. Together they mean “shameless person”. The block works as one unit in a sentence.

IdiomWord for wordMeaning
মাটিৰ মানুহ“man of the soil”“a simple, down-to-earth person”
চকুৰ মণি“the pupil of the eye”“something very dear”
হাত পাত“spread the hand”“ask for help”
কাণ কটা“cut ear”“shameless”

An idiom keeps its shape. Do not swap its words for similar ones. A verb idiom such as হাত পাত still takes the usual verb endings: হাত পাতিব লগা হ’ল “had to ask for help”.

কাণ কটা is rude, and the first example matches it with তোৰ, the very close “your”, which an angry speaker may use with a young person.

Examples (4)

  1. আমাৰ চুবুৰীত তোৰ নিচিনা কাণ কটা ল’ৰা নাই, বাৰে বাৰে কলেও তই শুনা নাই।

    There is no shameless boy like you in our neighbourhood; even when told again and again, you do not listen.

    কাণ কটা means “shameless”, and তোৰ shows the speaker is scolding.

  2. আমাৰ গাঁৱৰ শিক্ষকজন সঁচাকৈয়ে মাটিৰ মানুহ।

    The teacher in our village is truly a down-to-earth person.

    মাটিৰ মানুহ names a person who is simple and honest.

  3. সৰু ছোৱালীজনী আমাৰ সকলোৰে চকুৰ মণি।

    The little girl is dear to all of us.

    চকুৰ মণি names a person who is very dear.

  4. বানত ঘৰ-দুৱাৰ হেৰুৱাই তেওঁলোকে আনৰ আগত হাত পাতিব লগা হ’ল।

    After losing their homes in the flood, they had to ask others for help.

    হাত পাত takes the verb ending like any verb.

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