ইতর

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • ইটর (iṭor)

Etymology

Borrowed from English ITOR, It is an acronym that stands for "Information Technology Organizer". A similar-sounding word, unrelated to the first, is derived from Sanskrit इतर (itara, literally “other/different”).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /it̪ɔɾ/, [ˈit̪ɔɾ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /it̪ɔɾ/, [ˈit̪ɔɾ]

Noun

ইতর • (itor)

  1. (slang, somewhat derogatory) A slang used by Bengalis to refer to people from the Greater Cumilla region (Cumilla, Brahmanbaria, and Chandpur), stereotyping them as very intelligent, clever and always successful.
  2. Someone or something that is different, foreign, vile, low and of a lower class.
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