বসুন্ধরা

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वसुन्धरा (vasundharā, “earth (as a dwelling)”), from वसुम् (vasum, accusative singular of वसु (vasu, “dwelling”)) +‎ धरा (dharā, “the supporter”, i.e. the earth), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wés-us and *dʰor-eh₂ respectively.

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /boʃund̪ʱɔɾa/, [ˈboʃund̪ʱɔɾaˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /boʃund̪ʱɔɹa/, [ˈboʃund̪ʱɔɹaˑ]

Noun

বসুন্ধরা • (bośundhora) (literary)

1. earth

Proper noun

বসুন্ধরা • (bośundhora)

1. Bashundhara (a residential area in Dhaka, Bangladesh)
2. a female given name from Sanskrit

Further reading

• বসুন্ধরা on the Bengali Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^bn