আড্ডা

Assamese

Noun

আড্ডা • (adda)

1. haunt, adda

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Bengali আড্ডা (aḍḍa, “place, stand”), from Northwestern Indo-Aryan, from a derivation from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀅𑀟𑁆𑀟𑁆- (*aḍḍ-, “to obstruct, stop”), from Dravidian. Cognate with Hindi अड्डा (aḍḍā), Marathi अड्डा (aḍḍā), Punjabi ਅੱਡਾ (aḍḍā). Sense 1 is specialized from sense 2.

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /aɖːa/, [ˈaɖːaˑ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /adːa/, [ˈadːaˑ]

Noun

আড্ডা • (aḍḍa)

1. adda, haunt
2. place, stand