বজায়

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بجای (ba-jāy, “instead”). Compare Odia ବଜାୟ୍ (bajāy), Hindustani بجائے / बजाय (bajāy).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /bɔd͡ʒae̯/, [ˈbɔd͡ʒae̯]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /bɔdʑae̯/, [ˈbɔdʑae̯]

Adjective

বজায় • (bojaẏ)

  1. in force, in position, intact
    বজায় রাখা ― bojaẏ rakha ― to keep going, to maintain
  2. in place of

References

  • Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “bajāẏa”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
  • Accessible Dictionary, Bengali-English, বজায়, Government of Bangladesh
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