সুন্দর

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सुन्दर (sundara), from earlier सूनर (sūnára, “possessing vital strength, mighty”) with addition of a medial plosive (-d-), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsu-Hnáras (“having good manpower”), a compound of *Hsu- (“good”) +‎ *Hnáras (“manpower, man”); thus equivalent to সু- (śu-) +‎ নর (nôr); for another case of addition of a plosive, see বাঁদর (bãdor, “monkey”). Doublet of সৌন্দর্য (śōundorjo) and সুঁদর (śũdor), a tadbhava.

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ʃund̪ɔɾ/, [ˈʃund̪ɔɾ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ʃund̪ɔɹ/, [ˈʃund̪ɔɹ]

Adjective

সুন্দর • (śundor) (comparative আরও সুন্দর, superlative সবচেয়ে সুন্দর)

  1. beautiful, pretty
    Synonyms: খুবসুরত (khubśurot), হাসিন (haśin)
    কি সুন্দর পাখি!
    ki śundor pakhi!
    What a beautiful bird!
    মেয়েটা খুব সুন্দর দেখতে।
    meẏeṭa khub śundor dekhte.
    That girl looks so pretty.

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