Bengali[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Calque of English brain-washing, itself a calque of Chinese 洗腦/洗脑 (xǐnǎo, literally “to wash the brain”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Rarh) IPA(key): /mɔɡodʒ‿d̪ʱolai̯/, [ˈmɔɡoz̪̪d̪ʱolai̯]
- (Dhaka) IPA(key): /mɔɡodʑ‿d̪ʱolai̯/, [ˈmɔɡoz̪̪d̪ʱolai̯]
মগজ ধোলাই • (mogoj dhōlai)
- brain-washing