পাবনা

Bengali

Etymology

Probably from পাবনী (paboni), from Sanskrit पावनी (pāvanī, “Ganges”, literally “purifier”), as the Sanskrit name was later used to mean the eastern branches of the Ganges.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /pabna/, [ˈpabnaˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /pabna/, [ˈpabnaˑ]

Proper noun

পাবনা • (pabna) (objective পাবনা (pabona) or পাবনাকে (pabnake), genitive পাবনার (pabonar), locative পাবনায় (pabonaẏ) or পাবনাতে (pabnate))

  1. Pabna (a city in the Pabna District, Bangladesh)
  2. Pabna District (a district of Bangladesh)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “'পাবনা'র নেপথ্যে যত জনশ্রুতি”, in Bangla Tribune‎[1] (in Bengali), 5 July 2023 (last accessed)
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