সুরক্ষিত

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit সুরক্ষিত (surakṣita). By surface analysis, সুরক্ষ (śurokkho) +‎ -ইত (-it). Cognate with Assamese সুৰক্ষিত (xurokhit), Odia ସୁରକ୍ଷିତ (surakshita), Hindi सुरक्षित (surakṣit).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ʃuɾɔkʰːit̪o/, [ˈʃuɾɔkʰːit̪oˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ʃuɹɔkʰːit̪o/, [ˈʃuɹɔkʰːit̪oˑ]

Adjective

সুরক্ষিত • (śurokkhito) (comparative আরও সুরক্ষিত, superlative সবচেয়ে সুরক্ষিত)

1. well-protected, well defended
2. well preserved

References

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