বান্দরবান

Bengali

Alternative forms
  • বান্দরবন (bandorbon) — common pronunciation spelling
  • বাঁদরবান (bãdorban), বাঁদরবন (bãdorbon) — local pronunciation spelling

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Bengali বান্দরবাঁধ (bandorbãdh, “dam of monkeys”), a compound of বান্দর (bandor, “monkey”) +‎ বাঁধ (bãdh, “dam”), such named due to a legend that monkeys were once seen walking in a row during a heavy rainfall and that this row was compared to a dam by the locals.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /band̪oɾban/, [ˈband̪oɾban]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /band̪oɹban/, [ˈband̪oɹban]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /band̪oɹbɔn/, [ˈband̪oɹbɔn]

Noun

বান্দরবান • (bandorban)

  1. Bandarban (city)
  2. Bandarban District

References
  1. “বানর ও বাঁধ মিলিয়ে 'বান্দরবান'”, in Bangla Tribune‎ (in Bengali), 2023 March 17 (last accessed)
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