চলিত

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चलित (calita, shaken, moving on)

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /t͡ʃolit̪o/, [ˈt͡ʃolit̪oˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /tɕolit̪o/, [ˈtɕolit̪oˑ]

Adjective

চলিত • (colito) (comparative আরও চলিত, superlative সবচেয়ে চলিত)

  1. customary, current
  2. colloquial
    Antonym: সাধু (śadhu)

Derived terms

  • চলিত ভাষা (colito bhaśa)

References

  • Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “চলিত”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
  • চলিত”, in Accessible Dictionary [Bengali-English], Bangladesh: Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), 2018.