বিজ্ঞ

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit বিজ্ঞ (bijña). Compare Assamese বিজ্ঞ (biggo), Odia ବିଜ୍ଞ (bijña), Hindi बिज्ञा (bijñā), Nepali बिज्ञ (bigy).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /biɡːõ/, [ˈbiɡːõˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /biɡːõ/, [ˈbiɡːõˑ], /biɡːo/, [ˈbiɡːoˑ]

Adjective

বিজ্ঞ • (bijno) (comparative আরও বিজ্ঞ, superlative সবচেয়ে বিজ্ঞ, feminine বিজ্ঞা)

1. learned, erudite
2. wise, judicious, discerning, prudent
3. experienced, expert

Derived terms

• বিজ্ঞতা (bijnota)
• বিজ্ঞত্ব (bijnotto)
• বিজ্ঞপ্তি (bijnopti)
• বিজ্ঞান (biggên)
• বিজ্ঞাপক (bijnapok)

 

References

• Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “বিজ্ঞ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
• Accessible Dictionary, Bengali-English, বিজ্ঞ, Government of Bangladesh