বসিন্দা

Middle Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian باشنده (bāšanda).

Noun

বসিন্দা (bosinda)

  1. resident
    • 1743, Manoel da Assumpçam, Crepar Xastrer Orth, Bhed, Lisbon:
      zei dexer boxinda xocole
      the residents of the country

Descendants
  • Bengali: বাসিন্দা (baśinda)

Further reading
  • Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.‎, volume 2, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 618.
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