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বাকরখানি

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বাকরখানি

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Etymology

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According to legend, it is from Classical Persian باقر, after Mirza Agha Baqer.

Noun

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বাকরখানি (bakôrkhani) (objective বাকরখানি (bakorkhani) or বাকরখানিকে (bakorkhanike), genitive বাকরখানির (bakorkhanir), locative বাকরখানিতে (bakorkhanite))

  1. bakarkhani, biscuity flatbread originating in Old Dhaka
    আলু বেচো, ছোলা বেচো, বেচো বাকরখানি, বেচো না বেচো না বন্ধু তোমার চোখে মণি
    alu beco, chola beco, beco bakôrkhani, beco na beco na bôndhu tomar cokher môṇi.
    Sell potatoes, sell gram, sell bakarkhani, don't sell, don't sell, oh friend, the jewel in your eye.
    - Pratul Mukhopadhyay