কপাল

Assamese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कपाल (kapā́la).

Noun

কপাল • (kopal)

  1. forehead

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कपाल (kapāla), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kapā́las.

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /kɔpal/, [ˈkɔpal]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /kɔpal/, [ˈkɔpal]

Noun

কপাল • (kopal)

  1. forehead
    বড় মগজ থাকায় মানুষের বড় কপাল আছে
    boṛ mogoj thakaẏ manuśer boṛ kopalō ache.
    Due to their large brains, humans also have large foreheads.
  2. destiny, fate
    তা হয়না কপালগুণে
    ō ta hoẏna kopalgune.
    And that doesn't happen due to fate.
    (literally, “And that doesn't happen due to the nature of fate.”)
    কপাল খারাপ
    kopal kharap
    Bad luck