বাঁজা

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • বাঁঝা (bãjha)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit वन्ध्य (vandhya).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /bãd͡ʒa/, [ˈbãd͡ʒaˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /badʑa/, [ˈbadʑaˑ]
  • (Vanga) IPA(key): /bad̪za/, [ˈbad̪zaˑ], [ˈbazaˑ]

Adjective

বাঁজা • (bãja) (comparative আরও বাঁজা, superlative সবচেয়ে বাঁজা)

  1. (of a woman) barren, sterile, unproductive

References

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