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Enjoy your stay at Wiktionary! Ultimateria (talk) 17:25, 21 September 2020 (UTC)Reply

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Hi there! Thanks for adding Bengali translations. Could you tell me where you got the term “সুবে আজাদ” for Free State (province of South Africa)? Did you get this from Wikipedia? Please note that any translation has to be attested (in speech, literature, or media), and not made-up. Thank you. ·~ dictátor·mundꟾ 17:29, 21 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

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What is your attestation for this term? —Svārtava [tcur] 05:31, 30 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

@Svartava2: 11th-century Tirumalai inscriptions of Rajendra Chola speak of Govindachandra as the ruler of Vangaladesa SalamAlayka (talk) 13:33, 30 November 2021 (UTC)Reply
Could you give a quote and a link to that? —Svārtava [tcur] 13:43, 30 November 2021 (UTC)Reply
@Svartava2: i mean it's all over the internet. There's plenty of sources on w:Tirumalai (Tamil Nadu) and w:Names_of_Bengal#Historical_names. Here's the full inscription in English website SalamAlayka (talk) 13:52, 30 November 2021 (UTC)Reply
If it's all over the internet, could you provide a quotation for the term? Another thing: Wikipedia doesn't count as a cite. The website you provided gives the English translation of the inscription instead of the original Sanskrit text, which is the need of the hour. —Svārtava [tcur] 16:00, 30 November 2021 (UTC)Reply
@Svartava2: I found a definition - the 36th entry on Laghuprabandhasaṅgrahah (1970) p. 111, published by Oriental Institute, edited by Jayant Premshankar Thaker. SalamAlayka (talk) 21:12, 3 December 2021 (UTC)Reply
  That works. —Svārtava [tcur] 04:54, 4 December 2021 (UTC)Reply

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I know it's an old edit, but protologisms aren’t acceptable. Please don’t add unattested terms. ·~ dictátor·mundꟾ 19:27, 18 June 2022 (UTC)Reply