চট্টোপাধ্যায়
Bengali edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit चट्टोपाध्याय (caṭṭopādhyāya), from चट्ट (caṭṭa) + उपाध्याय (upādhyāya, “teacher”), literally “teacher from the village of Chatta (in northern India)”. Doublet of চাটুজ্জে (caṭujje) and চ্যাটার্জী (cêṭarji).
Pronunciation edit
- (Rarh) IPA(key): /tʃɔʈːopad̪ʱːae̯/, [ˈtʃɔʈːopad̪ʱːae̯]
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- (Dhaka) IPA(key): /tɕɔtːopad̪ʱːae̯/, [ˈtɕɔtːopad̪ʱːae̯]
Proper noun edit
চট্টোপাধ্যায় • (coṭṭōpaddhaẏ)
- a surname from Sanskrit, equivalent to English Chattopadhyay or Chatterjee