চলিত

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चलित (calita, “shaken, moving on”)

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃolit̪o/, [ˈt͡ʃolit̪oˑ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /tɕolit̪o/, [ˈtɕolit̪oˑ]

Adjective

চলিত • (colito) (comparative আরও চলিত, superlative সবচেয়ে চলিত)

1. customary, current
2. colloquial

   Antonym: সাধু (śadhu)

Derived terms

• চলিত ভাষা (colito bhaśa)

References

• Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “চলিত”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
• “চলিত”, in Accessible Dictionary [Bengali-English], Bangladesh: Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), 2018.