রাঢ়
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Bengali[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀭𑀸𑀠 (rāḍha) (reborrowed into Sanskrit as राढा (rāḍhā)); further origin disputed. Possibly from the voiced lenition of an earlier 𑀭𑀸𑀞 (rāṭha), degeminated from an even earlier 𑀭𑀸𑀝𑁆𑀞 (rāṭṭha), from Sanskrit राष्ट्र (rāṣṭra, “dominion, kingdom, country, people”).[1] Or possibly, borrowed from a pre-Aryan substrate language (like Munda).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
রাঢ় • (raṛh)
- Rarh (a region in West Bengal and Jharkhand)
Derived terms[edit]
- রাঢ়ী (raṛhi)
References[edit]
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 619