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]

Ligatures

Ligatures are transliterated as they are pronounced. While the pronunciation of some ligatures is evident by their components, others are pronounced quite differently than the spelling would suggest. For instance:

• শ + ল = শ্ল (śl)
• জ + ঞ = জ্ঞ (g) (word-initially) or (gg) (in other positions)
• স + ব = স্ব (ś) (word-initially) or (śś) (in other positions)
• ক + ষ = ক্ষ (kh) (word-initially) or (kkh) (in other positions)
• ধ + য = ধ্য (dh) (word-initially) or (ddh) (in other positions)

See also

• Module:bn-translit