সম্মানী
sommani
Provenance: Reviewed field-research record
Word class
বিশেষ্য / noun
Lexical status
Noun honorarium, independently verified; not merely an inflected respect noun.
Recorded forms
সম্মানীর ব্যবস্থা
Research meaning — English
An honorarium recognizing the work. The CHW asks for formal provision of payment to sustain contact and motivation in community mental-health work (OCT05-a source record a source record).
Research meaning — Bengali
কাজের স্বীকৃতিস্বরূপ আর্থিক সম্মাননা; এই কর্মী নিয়মিত যোগাযোগ ও কাজের আগ্রহ ধরে রাখতে আনুষ্ঠানিক সম্মানীর ব্যবস্থা চান।
What this research adds
Distinct from সম্মান/সুনাম as social esteem and from হাদিয়া as a healer’s gift: the requested institutional remuneration is linked to continuing work.
Mental health connection
Analyst: records resources and recognition needed to maintain support work.
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.
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Established meaning — English
Honorarium. [BCHWLEX10]
Established meaning — Bengali
কাজ বা অবদানের স্বীকৃতিস্বরূপ প্রদত্ত অর্থ। [BCHWLEX10]
Context of use
Occurs as the participant’s own recommendation; the preceding interviewer invitation is broad.
Learning from the accounts
Reported effects
Expected greater motivation and contact; no paid scheme or measured effect is documented.
Attributed origins
The worker links the request to the work being done. a source record separately says formal recognition would increase attention to the role.
Variation and visualization
Moral commitment, esteem and material support may coexist; this is not evidence that care is motivated only by money.
What is uncertain
Not a wage recommendation, verified employment arrangement or claim about all volunteers.
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
হাদিয়া (N106) — This is requested institutional support for a CHW, not the healer-payment context of হাদিয়া.
Antonyms and contrasts
No exact local antonym established. Contextual contrasts do not establish a universal lexical opposite.
Across languages
English: honorarium — Payment acknowledging work or contribution. Limited dictionary gloss; no particular employment terms are established. [BCHWLEX10]
অংশগ্রহণকারীঃ এই যে আমরা কাজ করতেছি না এগুলা যদি অফিসিয়ালি আমাদের জন্য সম্মানীর ব্যবস্থা থাকতো তাহলে আমরা আরো কাজের আগ্রহ পেতাম। আমরা আরো যোগাযোগ করতে পারতাম।
অংশগ্রহণকারীঃ ঐযে আমরা কাজ করতেছি এটাকে অফিসিয়ালি যদি পার্মানেন্টভাবে রিকগনাইজ করতো তাহলে আমরা আরো গুরুত্ব দিতাম। এলাকাভিত্তিক আরো খোজ খবর নিয়া আরো ভালো কাজ হইতো। এখন আমরা করলে করি না করলে নাই বেশি একটা গুরুত্ব থাকে না।
All evidence IDs: E2037; E2038
Perspectives from different contexts
Perspectives are shown side by side. Similarity does not mean equivalence. No one perspective speaks for an entire culture.