সুন্দরবন

Bengali

Etymology

A compound of সুন্দর (śundor, “beautiful”) + বন (bon, “forest”), literally meaning "beautiful forest", referring to the natural beauty of the forest as well the abundance of sundari trees (Bengali: সুন্দরী; from the first element) in it.

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ʃund̪oɾbon/, [ˈʃund̪oɾbon]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ʃund̪oɹbon/, [ˈʃund̪oɹbon]
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Proper noun

সুন্দরবন • (śundorbon)

  1. the Sundarbans (a mangrove area in the Ganges delta)
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