নজরুল

Bengali

Etymology

Back-formed from the binomial নজরুল ইসলাম (nojrul islam), borrowed from Arabic نَذْر الْإِسْلَام (naḏr al-ʔislām, “vow of Islam”). Doublet of নাজির (najir).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /nozɾul/, [ˈnozɾul], /nod͡ʒɾul/, [ˈnod͡ʒɾul]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /nozɾul/, [ˈnozɾul], /nodʑɾul/, [ˈnodʑɾul]

Proper noun

নজরুল • (nojrul)

1. a male given name, Nazrul, Nozrul, or Nojrul, from Arabic
2. Kazi Nazrul Islam (a Bengali poet, writer, journalist, and musician)