বোষ্টম

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Old Bengali *বৈষ্টৱঁ (*baiṣṭavã), an ardhatatsama from Sanskrit वैष्णव (vaiṣṇava).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /boʃʈɔm/, [ˈboʂʈɔm]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /boʃtɔm/, [ˈboʃtɔm], [ˈbostɔm]

Proper noun

বোষ্টম • (bōśṭom)

  1. Vaishnava

References

  • Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language‎[1], volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 527
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