তরাজূ

Bengali

Alternative forms

• তরাজু (toraju), তারাজু (taraju)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ترازو (tarāzū), from Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠tarāzūg⁠/, “scales”) (compare Parthian [script needed] (talāzūg)), borrowed from Avestan 𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬀.𐬀𐬰𐬎 (tara.azu). Doublet of তুলা (tula). Compare Gujarati ત્રાજવું (trājvũ), Hindi तराज़ू (tarāzū), Marathi तराजू (tarājū), Odia ତରାଜୁ (tôraju), Macedonian терезија (terezija), Thai ตราชู (dtraa-chuu), and Turkish terazi.

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /t̪ɔɾad͡ʒu/, [ˈt̪ɔɾad͡ʒuˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /t̪ɔɹadʑu/, [ˈt̪ɔɹadʑuˑ]

Noun

তরাজূ • (toraju) (objective তরাজূকে (torajuke), genitive তরাজূর (torajur), locative তরাজূতে (torajute))

1. balance; pair of scales

   Synonym: মীজান (mījan)

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “তরাজু” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “তরাজু, তরাজূ, তারাজু” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh