কপাল

Assamese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कपाल (kapā́la).

Noun

কপাল • (kopal)

1. forehead

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कपाल (kapāla), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kapā́las.

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /kɔpal/, [ˈkɔpal]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /kɔpal/, [ˈkɔpal]

Noun

কপাল • (kopal)

1. forehead

   বড় মগজ থাকায় মানুষের বড় কপালও আছে।

   boṛ mogoj thakaẏ manuśer boṛ kopalō ache.

   Due to their large brains, humans also have large foreheads.

2. destiny, fate

   ও তা হয়না কপালগুণে।

   ō ta hoẏna kopalgune.

   And that doesn't happen due to fate.

   (literally, “And that doesn't happen due to the nature of fate.”)