বুরুজ

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Bengali[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic بُرْج (burj), from Classical Syriac ܒܘܪܓܐ (burgāʾ), from Ancient Greek πύργος (púrgos).

Noun[edit]

বুরুজ (buruj) (objective বুরুজকে (burujoke), genitive বুরুজের (burujer), locative বুরুজে (buruje))

  1. tower; bastion; turret
    বারো বুরুজ উদয় হবে
    baro buruj udoy hobe
    The twelve towers will rise
    - Jasimuddin
    Synonym: মিনার (minar)
  2. a type of Bengali card game

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