মাগার

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Bengali[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian مگر (magar, “but, unless, perhaps”), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭫 𐭧𐭲 (ʾl ḥt /⁠ma agar⁠/, “perhaps; lest (lit. not if)”). Compare Hindustani مگر / मगर (magar).

Conjunction[edit]

মাগার • (magar) (Vanga)

  1. but, however
  2. unless
  3. perhaps
    ফরিদপুরের মানুহ এহানেবি নাইক্যা, মাগার ছাবনেবি দেখবার পারেন?
    fôridpurer manuh ehanebi naikka, magar sabnebi dekhbar paren?
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    - Nurul Amin Haoladar (1991)
    Synonyms: লেকিন (lekin), কিন্তু (kintu)

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