বর্ধমান

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Bengali

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वर्धमान (vardhamāna, increasing, growing, prospering), a compound of वर्ध (vardha, increase, growth, prosperity) +‎ -मान (-māna, possessive suffix), with the first element from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwardʰás, from a possible Proto-Indo-European *Hwerdʰ-ós. Supposedly, it was named such after being visited by Mahavira, whose title was Vardhamāna.

Pronunciation

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  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /bɔɾd̪ʱoman/, [ˈbɔɾd̪ʱoman]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /bɔɹd̪ʱoman/, [ˈbɔɹd̪ʱoman]

Proper noun

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বর্ধমান (bôrdhôman) (objective বর্ধমান (bordhoman) or বর্ধমানকে (bordhomanoke), genitive বর্ধমানের (bordhomaner), locative বর্ধমানে (bordhomane))

  1. Bardhaman
    A city in West Bengal, India.
    A former district of West Bengal, India.

Derived terms

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