রাজধানী

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit राजधानी (rājadhānī, “royal town”), a compound of राज (rāja, “king”) + धानी (dhānī, “town”), feminine of the noun धान (dhāna, “receptacle”), from the root धा (dhā, “to place”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɾɑd͡ʒ.d̪ʱɑ.ni/

Noun

রাজধানী • (rajdhani)

  1. capital, capital city
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