Bengali
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit चलित (calita, “shaken, moving on”)
Pronunciation
- (Rarh) IPA(key): /t͡ʃolit̪o/, [ˈt͡ʃolit̪oˑ]
- (Dhaka) IPA(key): /tɕolit̪o/, [ˈtɕolit̪oˑ]
Adjective
চলিত • (colito) (comparative আরও চলিত, superlative সবচেয়ে চলিত)
- customary, current
- colloquial
- Antonym: সাধু (śadhu)
Derived terms
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.