চর্যাপদ

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Bengali[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit चर्यापद (caryāpada, verses about everyday life, literally verses about routine), from चर्या (caryā, routine, work; walking about, from चर् (car, to practise; to walk)) +‎ पद (pada, verse, part).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /tʃɔɾdʒapɔd̪/, [ˈtʃɔɾdʒapɔd̪]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /tɕɔɹdʑapɔd̪/, [ˈtɕɔɹdʑapɔd̪]

Proper noun[edit]

চর্যাপদ (corjapod)

  1. Charyapada, a set of medieval mystical and spiritual poems and songs composed in Eastern South Asia between the 8th and 12th centuries, often describing social, everyday life.