Bengali
Etymology
Sanskritic formation from মদ (mod, “alcohol”) + পান (pan, “drinking”), literally “alcohol drinking”.
Pronunciation
Noun
মদ্যপান • (moddopan)
- drinking (alcohol)
- মদ্যপান নিষিদ্ধ ― moddopan niśiddho ― No alcohols (literally, “Drinking is banned”)