দূরভাষা

Bengali

Etymology

Calque of English telephone: দূর (dur) +‎ ভাষা (bhaśa). Compare New Sanskrit दूरभाष (dūrabhāṣa).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /d̪uɾbʱaʃa/, [ˈd̪uɾbʱaʃaˑ], [ˈd̪uɾvaʃaˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /d̪uɹbʱaʃa/, [ˈd̪uɹbʱaʃaˑ], [ˈd̪uɹvaʃaˑ]

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Noun

দূরভাষা • (durbhaśa)

1. (neologism, rare) telephone

Synonyms

• ফোন (phōn)
• টেলিফোন (ṭeliphōn)