Wiktionary:Bengali transliteration

These are the rules concerning transliteration in Bengali entries.

Consonants

		1	2	3	4	5
	letter	ক	খ	গ	ঘ	ঙ
	translit.	k	kh	g	gh	ṅ
	IPA	[k]	[kʰ]	[ɡ]	[ɡʱ]	[ŋ]
	letter	চ	ছ	জ	ঝ	ঞ
	translit.	c	ch	j	jh	◌̃
	IPA	[t͡ʃ], [t͡s]	[t͡ʃʰ], [s]	[d͡ʒ], [d͡z]	[d͡ʒʱ], [d͡z]	[◌̃]
	letter	ট	ঠ	ড	ঢ	ণ
	translit.	ṭ	ṭh	ḍ	ḍh	n
	IPA	[ʈ̟]	[ʈ̟ʰ]	[ɖ̟]	[ɖ̟ʱ]	[n]
	letter	ত	থ	দ	ধ	ন
	translit.	t	th	d	dh	n
	IPA	[t̪]	[t̪ʰ]	[d̪]	[d̪ʱ]	[n]
	letter	প	ফ	ব	ভ	ম
	translit.	p	ph	b	bh	m
	IPA	[p]	[pʰ~ɸ~f]	[b]	[bʱ~β~v]	[m]
	letter	য	র	ল	শ	ষ
	translit.	j	r	l	ś	ś
	IPA	[d͡ʒ], [d͡z]	[r] (word-initially), [ɾ] (medially and finally)	[l]	[s̠]	[s̠]
	letter	স	হ	য়	ড়	ঢ়
	translit.	ś	h	ẏ/-	ṛ	ṛh
	IPA	[s̠]	[ɦ]	[e̯], [∅]	[ɽ̟]	[ɽ̟]

Vowels

		1	2	3	4	5
	letter	অ	ই	উ	এ	ও
	diacritic	inherent	ি	ু	ে	ো
	translit.	ô	i	u	e	o
	IPA	[ɔ], [ɔ̝~o]	[i]	[u]	[e~æ], [ɛ]	[o]
	letter	আ	ঈ	ঊ	ঐ	ঔ
	diacritic	া	ী	ূ	ৈ	ৌ
	translit.	a	i	u	oi	ou
	IPA	[ä~ɑ], [a] (allophonically or dialectically)	[i]	[u]	[oi̯]	[ou̯]

Others

		1	2	3	4	5
	letter	ৎ	ং	ঃ	ঁ	ঋ
	diacritic					ৃ
	translit.	t	ṅ	ḥ	◌̃	ri
	IPA	[t̪]	[ŋ]	[h]	[◌̃]	[ri]

Conjuncts

Conjuncts are transliterated as they are pronounced. While the pronunciation of some conjuncts is evident by their components, others are pronounced quite differently than the spelling would suggest. These include the following:

• শ + ল = শ্ল (slô)
• জ + ঞ = জ্ঞ (ggô)
• স + ব = স্ব (sô)
• ক + ষ = ক্ষ (kkhô)

The pronunciations of conjuncts ending in ্য such as ক্য and ধ্য do not reflect the presence of the য, but lengthen the pronunciation of the preceding consonant and therefore are transliterated by said consonant's doubling. Thus ক্য and ধ্য are transliterated kk and ddh.

See also

• Module:bn-translit