বদরা
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Middle Bengali[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Sanskrit वर्दल (vardala) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-); influenced by Classical Persian بد (bad). Literally, “rainy”.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
বদরা (badrā)
- perverse, unpleasant, insuitable
- 1743, Manoel da Assumpçam, Vocabulario em Idioma Bengalla e Portuguez, Lisbon:
- bodra din
- badrā dina
- a bad day
Related terms[edit]
- বাদর (bador)
Descendants[edit]
- Bengali: বেদড়া (bedoṛa)
Further reading[edit]
- Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.[1], volume 2, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 965.