পুনঃ

Bengali

Etymology

From Sanskrit পুনর্ (punar). Compare Assamese পুনঃ (punoh), Odia ପୁନଃ (punaḥ), Nepali पुनः (punaḥ), Hindustani پنه / पुनः (punaḥ).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /punɔh/, [ˈpunɔh]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /punɔh/, [ˈpunɔh]

Adverb

পুনঃ • (punoḥ)

1. again
2. once more
   • 1758, Heyat Mahmud, Āmbiyābāṇī:

     হলব ছাড়িয়া পুনঃ গেল হামি দেশে

     Holob chaṛiẏa punoḥ gel hami deśe

     From Aleppo we departed, and to the country we went back.

References

• Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “পুনঃ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]