বুরুজ

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بُرْج (burj), from Classical Syriac ܒܘܪܓܐ (burgāʾ), from Ancient Greek πύργος (púrgos).

Noun

বুরুজ • (buruj) (objective বুরুজকে (burujoke), genitive বুরুজের (burujer), locative বুরুজে (buruje))

1. tower; bastion; turret

   বারো বুরুজ উদয় হবে

   baro buruj udoy hobe

   The twelve towers will rise

   - Jasimuddin

   Synonym: মিনার (minar)

2. a type of Bengali card game

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “বুরুজ” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “বুরুজ” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh