ডান
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Bengali[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- ডাহিন (ḍahin) — Sadhu Bhasha
- ডাইন (ḍain) — rustic
Etymology[edit]
Syncopated from ডাইন (ḍain), h-dropped form of ডাহিন (ḍahin), from Gaudi-Kamarupi Prakrit ডাহিণ (ḍāhiṇa), from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀤𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀡 (dāhiṇa) with retroflexion, from Sanskrit दाक्षिण (dākṣiṇa, “right”), from दक्षिण (dakṣiṇa, “right, south”). Doublet of দক্ষিণ (dokkhin) and দখিন (dokhin).