চেপটা

Bengali

Etymology

Compare Sanskrit চর্পট (carpaṭa, lying flat) and Sanskrit চিপিট (cipiṭa, flattened).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /t͡ʃepʈa/, [ˈt͡ʃepʈaˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /tɕepta/, [ˈtɕeptaˑ]

Adjective

চেপটা • (cepṭa) (comparative আরও চেপটা, superlative সবচেয়ে চেপটা)

  1. flat
  2. flattened (usually by one's own pressure)

Derived terms

  • চেপটানো (cepṭanō)

See also

References

  • Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “চেপটা”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]