বদরা

Middle Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit वर्दल (vardala) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-); influenced by Classical Persian بد (bad). Literally, “rainy”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɒd̪ɾɑ/

Adjective

বদরা (badrā)

1. perverse, unpleasant, insuitable
   • 1743, Manoel da Assumpçam, Vocabulario em Idioma Bengalla e Portuguez, Lisbon:

     bodra din

     badrā dina

     a bad day

Related terms

• বাদর (bador)

Descendants

• Bengali: বেদড়া (bedoṛa)

Further reading

• Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.‎^[1], volume 2, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 965.