বজায়

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بجای (ba-jāy, “instead”). Compare Odia ବଜାୟ୍ (bajāy), Hindustani بجائے / बजाय (bajāy).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /bɔd͡ʒae̯/, [ˈbɔd͡ʒae̯]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /bɔdʑae̯/, [ˈbɔdʑae̯]

Adjective

বজায় • (bojaẏ)

1. in force, in position, intact

   বজায় রাখা ― bojaẏ rakha ― to keep going, to maintain

2. in place of

References

• Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “bajāẏa”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
• Accessible Dictionary, Bengali-English, বজায়, Government of Bangladesh