বর্ধমান

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वर्धमान (vardhamāna, “increasing, growing, prospering”), a compound of वर्ध (vardha, “increase, growth, prosperity”) +‎ -मान (-māna, possessive suffix), with the first element from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwardʰás, from a possible Proto-Indo-European *Hwerdʰ-ós. Supposedly, it was named such after being visited by Mahavira, whose title was Vardhamāna.

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /bɔɾd̪ʱoman/, [ˈbɔɾd̪ʱoman]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /bɔɹd̪ʱoman/, [ˈbɔɹd̪ʱoman]

Proper noun

বর্ধমান • (bôrdhôman) (objective বর্ধমান (bordhoman) or বর্ধমানকে (bordhomanoke), genitive বর্ধমানের (bordhomaner), locative বর্ধমানে (bordhomane))

1. Bardhaman

   A city in West Bengal, India.

   A former district of West Bengal, India.

Derived terms

• বর্ধমানী (bordhomani)
• বর্ধমানবাসী (bordhomanbaśi)