বসিন্দা
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See also: বাসিন্দা
Middle Bengali
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian باشنده (bāšanda).
Noun
[edit]বসিন্দা (bosinda)
- resident
- 1743, Manoel da Assumpçam, Crepar Xastrer Orth, Bhed, Lisbon:
- zei dexer boxinda xocole
- the residents of the country
Descendants
[edit]- Bengali: বাসিন্দা (baśinda)
Further reading
[edit]- Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.[1], volume 2, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 618.