নকশাল

Bengali

Etymology

From নকশালবাড়ি (nokśalbaṛi, “Naxalbari”), the village where the movement originated in the late 1960s.

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /nɔkʃal/, [ˈnɔkʃal]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /nɔkʃal/, [ˈnɔkʃal]

Noun

নকশাল • (nokśal)

1. Naxalite (a member of any of several militant Maoist movements in India)