চাটগাঁ

Bengali

Alternative forms

• চাঁটগাঁ (cãṭgã)

Etymology

From earlier চাটিগাঁও (caṭigãō), whence also Sanskritised চট্টগ্রাম (coṭṭogram).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaʈɡã/, [ˈt͡ʃaʈɡãˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /tɕatɡa/, [ˈtɕatɡaˑ]
• (Vanga) IPA^(key): /t̪satɡa/, [ˈt̪satɡaˑ], [ˈsatɡaˑ]

Proper noun

চাটগাঁ • (caṭgã)

1. Chittagong, Chattogram (a city in Bangladesh)

   Synonym: চট্টগ্রাম (coṭṭogram)

Derived terms

• চাটগাঁইয়া (caṭgãiẏa)

Descendants

• → Chittagonian: চাঁটগাঁ
• → Hindi: चटगांव (caṭgāmv)
• → Persian: چاتگام (čâtgâm)
  • → Arabic: جَاتْجَام (jātjām)
• → Urdu: چٹگاؤں (caṭgāõ), Urdu: چاٹگام (cātgām)

Chittagonian

Etymology

Derived from Bengali চাটিগাঁও (caṭigãō), whence Sanskrit चट्टग्राम (caṭṭagrāma) and Bengali চট্টগ্রাম (coṭṭogram).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [saʈɡã]

Proper noun

চাটগাঁ (saṭgã)

1. Chittagong, Chattogram (a city in Bangladesh)

Derived terms

• চাটগাঁইয়া (saṭgãia), চিটাইঙ্গা (siṭaiŋga)