কঠিন

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Bengali

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कठिन (kaṭhina). Doublet of কঠোর (koṭhōr). Cognate with Gujarati કઠિન (kaṭhin), Hindi कठिन (kaṭhin), Marathi कठीण (kaṭhīṇ), Kannada ಕಠಿನ (kaṭhina), Punjabi ਕਠਿਨ / کٹھِن (kṭhin).

Pronunciation

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  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /kɔʈʰin/, [ˈkɔʈʰin]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /kɔtʰin/, [ˈkɔtʰin]
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Adjective

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কঠিন (koṭhin) (comparative আরও কঠিন, superlative সবচেয়ে কঠিন)

  1. hard, difficult
    হিন্দি পড়া কঠিন
    hindi poṛa koṭhin.
    Hindi is hard to read.
  2. hard, firm, tough

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Antonyms

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