বসিন্দা

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Middle Bengali

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian باشنده (bāšanda).

Noun

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বসিন্দা (bosinda)

  1. resident
    • 1743, Manoel da Assumpçam, Crepar Xastrer Orth, Bhed, Lisbon:
      zei dexer boxinda xocole
      the residents of the country

Descendants

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  • Bengali: বাসিন্দা (baśinda)

Further reading

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  • Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.[1], volume 2, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 618.