বন্যা

Bengali
বন্যা

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वन्या (vanyā, “heavy rain”), from वन (vana, “water”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɔnːa/[2]
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Noun

বন্যা • (bonna)

  1. flood[1]
    Synonyms: সয়লাব (śoẏlab), বান (ban), প্লাবন (plabôn)

References
  1. Haughton, Graves C. (1833) A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language‎, London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 1915
  2. Beena, Khaleda, et al. (2000) Modern Textbook in Bengali as Foreign Language‎, Göteborg and Dhaka: Bengaliska Magasinet; Rabeya Publishers; Internationella Kojan, →ISBN, page 63
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