নকশাল

Bengali

Etymology

From নকশালবাড়ি (nokśalbaṛi, “Naxalbari”), the village where the movement originated in the late 1960s.

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /nɔkʃal/, [ˈnɔkʃal]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /nɔkʃal/, [ˈnɔkʃal]

Noun

নকশাল • (nokśal)

  1. Naxalite (a member of any of several militant Maoist movements in India)
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