মূর্ধন্য

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Bengali

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit मूर्धन्य (mūrdhanya).

Pronunciation

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  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /muɾd̪ʱɔnːo/, [ˈmuɾd̪ʱɔnːoˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /muɹd̪ʱɔnːo/, [ˈmuɹd̪ʱɔnːoˑ]

Adjective

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মূর্ধন্য (murdhonno) (comparative আরও মূর্ধন্য, superlative সবচেয়ে মূর্ধন্য)

  1. (phonetics) retroflex (used to describe the place of articulation of the letters (ṭo), (ṭho), (ḍo), (ḍho), (no), (ro) and (śo)
    Coordinate terms: কণ্ঠ্য (konṭṭho), তালব্য (talobbo), দন্ত্য (dontto), ওষ্ঠ্য (ōśṭṭho)