ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া
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Bengali
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Alternative forms
[edit]- বামনবাড়িয়া (bamonbaṛiẏa), বামুনবাড়িয়া (bamunbaṛiẏa), বাউনবাড়িয়া (baunbaṛiẏa), বাওনবাড়িয়া (baōnbaṛiẏa) — non-Sanskritised forms
- বামনবাইড়া (bamonbaiṛa), বামুনবাইড়া (bamunbaiṛa), বাউনবাইড়া (baunbaiṛa), বাওনবাইড়া (baōnbaiṛa) — Vanga, non-Sanskritised forms
Etymology
[edit]Sanskritised form of বামুনবাড়িয়া (bamunbaṛiẏa) and its several byforms, from বামুন (bamun, “Brahmin”) + বাড়ি (baṛi, “home”) + -ইয়া (-iẏa, adjectival suffix).
There are several opinions about the naming of Brahmanbaria district. It is noted in The History of Naming (Bengali: নামকরণের ইতিকথা) by SM Shah Nur that during the rule of the Senas, the area (then known as Rang) lacked a Brahmin presence which would was not ideal for puja. To solve this problem, the Sena king brought some Brahmin families from Kannauj to inhabit Rang, which was later renamed as their residence.[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Rarh) IPA(key): /bɾamːonbaɽi̯a/, [ˈbɾamːonbaɽi̯aˑ], /bɾamːonbaɾi̯a/, [ˈbɾamːonbaɾi̯aˑ], /bɾamɦonbaɽi̯a/, [ˈbɾamɦonbaɽi̯aˑ], /bɾamɦonbaɾi̯a/, [ˈbɾamɦonbaɾi̯aˑ]
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- (Dhaka) IPA(key): /bɾamːonbaɹi̯a/, [ˈbɾamːonbaɹi̯aˑ], /bɾamɦonbaɹi̯a/, [ˈbɾamɦonbaɹi̯aˑ]
Noun
[edit]ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া • (brahmonbaṛiẏa)
- Brahmanbaria (a city in Bangladesh).
- Synonyms: শহীদবাড়িয়া (śohidbaṛiẏa), রং (roṅ)
Derived terms
[edit]- ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া জেলা (brahmonbaṛiẏa jela)
- বি-বাড়িয়া (bi-baṛiẏa)
References
[edit]- ^ “Songs from the River called Titas”, in The Daily Star[1], 2016 August 6
- ^ “ব্রাহ্মণদের বাড়ির অবস্থানের সুবাদে ‘ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া’”, in Bangla Tribune[2] (in Bengali), 2021 June 3 (last accessed)