বন্যা

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বন্যা

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वन्या (vanyā, heavy rain), from वन (vana, water).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bɔnːa/[2]
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

বন্যা (bonna)

  1. flood[1]
    Synonyms: সয়লাব (śoẏlab), বান (ban), প্লাবন (plabôn)

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Haughton, Graves C. (1833) A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language[1], London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 1915
  2. ^ Beena, Khaleda, et al. (2000) Modern Textbook in Bengali as Foreign Language[2], Göteborg and Dhaka: Bengaliska Magasinet; Rabeya Publishers; Internationella Kojan, →ISBN, page 63