কপাল

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Assamese

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कपाल (kapā́la).

Noun

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কপাল (kopal)

  1. forehead

Bengali

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कपाल (kapāla), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kapā́las.

Pronunciation

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  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /kɔpal/, [ˈkɔpal]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /kɔpal/, [ˈkɔpal]

Noun

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কপাল (kopal)

  1. forehead
    বড় মগজ থাকায় মানুষের বড় কপাল আছে
    boṛ mogoj thakaẏ manuśer boṛ kopalō ache.
    Due to their large brains, humans also have large foreheads.
  2. destiny, fate
    তা হয়না কপালগুণে
    ō ta hoẏna kopalgune.
    And that doesn't happen due to fate.
    (literally, “And that doesn't happen due to the nature of fate.”)