বজায়

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Bengali

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian بجای (ba-jāy, instead). Compare Odia ବଜାୟ୍ (bajāy), Hindustani بجائے / बजाय (bajāy).

Pronunciation

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  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /bɔd͡ʒae̯/, [ˈbɔd͡ʒae̯]

Adjective

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বজায় (bojaẏ)

  1. in force, in position, intact
    বজায় রাখাbojaẏ rakhato keep going, to maintain
  2. in place of

References

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