কেল্লা

Bengali edit

Alternative forms edit

কিল্লা (killa)

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian (qal'a), from Arabic قَلْعَة (qalʕa). Cognate with Hindi क़िला (qilā), Marathi किल्ला (killā), Punjabi ਕਿਲ੍ਹਾ (kilhā).

Pronunciation edit

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /kelːa/, [ˈkelːaˑ]

(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /kelːa/, [ˈkelːaˑ]
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Noun edit

কেল্লা • (kella)

fort; fortress
Synonym: দুর্গ (durgo)

নিজ ঘর নিজ কেল্লা
nijo ghor nijo kella
One’s home is one’s fortress

Derived terms edit

কেল্লাফতে (kellaphte)

References edit

Accessible Dictionary, [1] Government of Bangladesh
Accessible Dictionary, [2] Government of Bangladesh

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