Bengali
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit সুরক্ষিত (surakṣita). By surface analysis, সুরক্ষ (śurokkho) + -ইত (-it). Cognate with Assamese সুৰক্ষিত (xurokhit), Odia ସୁରକ୍ଷିତ (surakṣita), Hindi सुरक्षित (surakṣit).
Pronunciation
- (Rarh) IPA(key): /ʃuɾɔkʰːit̪o/, [ˈʃuɾɔkʰːit̪oˑ]
- (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ʃuɹɔkʰːit̪o/, [ˈʃuɹɔkʰːit̪oˑ]
Adjective
সুরক্ষিত • (śurokkhito) (comparative আরও সুরক্ষিত, superlative সবচেয়ে সুরক্ষিত)
- well-protected, well defended
- well preserved
References
- Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “সুরক্ষিত”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
- Accessible Dictionary, Bengali-English, সুরক্ষিত, Government of Bangladesh