মর্তমান

Bengali

Etymology

From Mon [Term?], a small port town in Burma today called Mottama, from where a variety of bananas originates.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔɾ.t̪ɔ.man/

Noun

মর্তমান • (môrtôman)

1. a variety of large bananas

   [...] এক কাঁদি সুপক্ব মর্তমান রম্ভা দোদুল্যমান রহিয়াছে, [...]

   [...] ek kãdi śupôkkô môrtôman rombha dodullôman rohiẏache, [...]

   [...] a bunch of finely ripe Martaban bananas is hanging, [...]

   — Sanjib Chandra Chattopadhyay (Palamou)