কঠিন

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कठिन (kaṭhina). Doublet of কঠোর (koṭhōr). Cognate with Gujarati કઠિન (kaṭhin), Hindi कठिन (kaṭhin), Marathi कठीण (kaṭhīṇ), Kannada ಕಠಿನ (kaṭhina), Punjabi ਕਠਿਨ / کٹھِن (kṭhin).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /kɔʈʰin/, [ˈkɔʈʰin]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /kɔtʰin/, [ˈkɔtʰin]

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Adjective

কঠিন • (koṭhin) (comparative আরও কঠিন, superlative সবচেয়ে কঠিন)

1. hard, difficult

   হিন্দি পড়া কঠিন।

   hindi poṛa koṭhin.

   Hindi is hard to read.

2. hard, firm, tough

Synonyms

• (hard, tough): শক্ত (śokto)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “easy”): সহজ (śohoj)
• (antonym(s) of “soft”): নরম (norom), আর্দ্র (ardro)