বান্দরবান

Bengali

Alternative forms

• বান্দরবন (bandorbon) — common pronunciation spelling
• বাঁদরবান (bãdorban), বাঁদরবন (bãdorbon) — local pronunciation spelling

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Bengali বান্দরবাঁধ (bandorbãdh, “dam of monkeys”), a compound of বান্দর (bandor, “monkey”) +‎ বাঁধ (bãdh, “dam”), such named due to a legend that monkeys were once seen walking in a row during a heavy rainfall and that this row was compared to a dam by the locals.

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /band̪oɾban/, [ˈband̪oɾban]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /band̪oɾban/, [ˈband̪oɾban], /band̪oɾbɔn/, [ˈband̪oɾbɔn]

Noun

বান্দরবান • (bandorban)

1. Bandarban (city)
2. Bandarban District