আলগা

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀅𑀮𑀕𑁆𑀕 (alagga​), from Sanskrit अलग्न (alagna, “disconnected, detached”), from अ- (a-, “not”) +‎ लग्न (lagna, “connected, attached”). Cognate with Assamese আলগ (alog), Odia ଅଲଗ (alaga), ଅଲଗା (alagā), Magahi 𑂃𑂪𑂏 (alag), Bhojpuri अलग (alag), Gujarati અળ્ગું (aḷgũ), Punjabi ਅਲਗ੍ਗ (alagg), Hindi अलग (alag), अल्गा (algā), Marathi अलग (alag), अळग (aḷag​).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /alɡa/, [ˈalɡaˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /alɡa/, [ˈalɡaˑ]

Adjective

আলগা • (alga) (comparative আরও আলগা, superlative সবচেয়ে আলগা)

1. loose, unfastened, slack; lax
2. disconnected, detached; isolated, secluded
3. bare, uncovered
4. uncontrolled
5. insincere; careless
6. incondite

Derived terms

• কাছা আলগা (kacha alga, “careless, incautious”, literally “unfastened or loosely tucked loincloth”)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “alagna”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 31