খোঁটা দেওয়া
khonta deoa
Provenance: Reviewed field-research record
Word class
ক্রিয়াপদ / verbal expression
Lexical status
Whole expression lexically verified; stigmatizing use documented.
Recorded forms
খোঁটা দিবে
Research meaning — English
To taunt a parent by invoking a child labelled পাগল; the CHW connects anticipated comments with parents feeling diminished (the source transcript).
Research meaning — Bengali
কারও অসুস্থ সন্তানকে নিয়ে তাকে বিদ্রূপ বা গঞ্জনা করা; স্বাস্থ্যকর্মী বলেন, এ ধরনের সম্ভাব্য কথার কারণে বাবা-মা নিজেদের ছোট করে দেখেন।
What this research adds
Adds a specific act of pointed reproach, distinct from generic criticism, neglect, abusive speech or the recipient’s own shame.
Mental health connection
Analyst: records the interpersonal act that can accompany reduced social standing.
Safe messaging for media
- Use the expression in its stated context; do not present it as a diagnosis or universal translation.
- Avoid describing a person by a stigmatizing term unless the person self-identifies that way and the wording is necessary.
- For suicide-related coverage, avoid method detail, sensational headlines, and single-cause explanations; include help-seeking information.
- Link to this entry’s evidence limits and distinguish contributor wording from analyst interpretation.
Established meaning — English
Pointed reproach or taunting. [BCHWLEX02]
Established meaning — Bengali
তীক্ষ্ণভাবে গঞ্জনা বা দোষ দেওয়া। [BCHWLEX02]
Context of use
This is reported/anticipated associative stigma directed at parents, not a direct record of a neighbour uttering the taunt.
Learning from the accounts
Reported effects
Anticipated taunts are associated with a lowered sense of standing in the worker’s account.
Attributed origins
The reported occasion is a child’s illness-related label; no inherent defect or family fault is endorsed.
Variation and visualization
খোঁটা is not the homograph for a stake, picking or prodding. The whole expression is verified.
What is uncertain
Does not demonstrate depressive worthlessness or establish all parents’ responses.
Commonness and evidence limits
Attested in the cited supplied source contexts; repeated versions and multiple paragraphs are not independent interviews. No population prevalence, community consensus, or shared private image is established.
Relationships and comparison
These are scoped relationships from the research record, not claims of universal equivalence.
Synonyms and near-synonyms
No exact local synonym established by the cited selections; related and dictionary-sense relationships are recorded separately.
Antonyms and contrasts
No exact local antonym established. Contextual contrasts do not establish a universal lexical opposite.
Across languages
The English local definition is an analyst gloss. A separately verified other-language counterpart is not established for this complete local expression.
অংশগ্রহণকারীঃ যাদের এই ধরণের মানসিক রোগী থাকে যদি সন্তান হয়, তারা নিজেদের খুব ছোট করে দেখে, ঠিক আছে? তাদের সবাই খোঁটা দিবে যে, ওনার ছেলে পাগল। তারা সবাই মনের দিক থেকে একটু ছোট হয়ে থাকে।
All evidence IDs: E2026
Perspectives from different contexts
Perspectives are shown side by side. Similarity does not mean equivalence. No one perspective speaks for an entire culture.