সদয়

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit সদয় (sadaẏa), from সহ্ (sah) + দয়া (daẏā). Compare Assamese সদয় (xodoy), Odia ସଦୟ (sadaya), Hindi सदय (saday).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /sɔd̪ɔe̯/, [ˈsɔd̪ɔe̯]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /sɔd̪ɔe̯/, [ˈsɔd̪ɔe̯]

Adjective

সদয় • (śodoẏ)

1. kind, charitable
2. merciful, benevolent
3. favorably

Derived terms

• সদয়চিত্ত (śodẏocitto)
• সদয়ভাবে (śodoẏbhabe)

 

References

• Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “sadaẏa”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
• Accessible Dictionary, Bengali-English, সদয়, Government of Bangladesh