Bengali
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit জগৎ (jagat). Cognate with Assamese জগৎ (zogot), Odia ଜଗତ୍ (jagat), Hindustani جگت / जगत् (jagat), Nepali जगत् (jagat), Punjabi ਜਗਤ (jagat).
Pronunciation
- (Rarh) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɔɡot̪/, [ˈd͡ʒɔɡot̪]
- (Dhaka) IPA(key): /dʑɔɡot̪/, [ˈdʑɔɡot̪]
Noun
জগৎ • (jogoto)
- world
- Synonyms: দুনিয়া (duniẏa), সংসার (śoṅśar)
- the Earth
- Synonym: পৃথিবী (prithibi)
- the universe
- society
- Synonym: সমাজ (śomaj)
- sphere
- field
Derived terms
- জগৎকর্তা (jogotokorta)
- জগৎকারণ (jogotokaron)
- জগৎজোড়া (jogotojōṛa)
- জগৎপতি (jogotopoti)
- জগৎপাতা (jogotopata)
- জগৎপিতা (jogotopita)
- জগৎময় (jogotomoẏ)
- জগৎসংসার (jogotośoṅśar)
- জগৎস্রষ্টা (jogotosrośṭa)
References
- Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “জগৎ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
- Accessible Dictionary, Bengali-English, জগৎ, Government of Bangladesh