আলগা
Bengali edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀅𑀮𑀕𑁆𑀕 (alagga), from Sanskrit अलग्न (alagna, “disconnected, detached”), from अ- (a-, “not”) + लग्न (lagna, “connected, attached”). Cognate with Assamese আলগ (alog), Odia ଅଲଗ (ôlôgô), ଅଲଗା (ôlôga), Magahi 𑂃𑂪𑂏 (alag), Bhojpuri अलग (alag), Gujarati અળ્ગું (aḷgũ), Punjabi ਅਲਗ੍ਗ (alagg), Hindi अलग (alag), अल्गा (algā), Marathi अलग (alag), अळग (aḷag).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
আলগা • (alga) (comparative আরও আলগা, superlative সবচেয়ে আলগা)
- loose, unfastened, slack; lax
- disconnected, detached; isolated, secluded
- bare, uncovered
- uncontrolled
- insincere; careless
- incondite
Derived terms edit
- কাছা আলগা (kacha alga, “careless, incautious”, literally “unfastened or loosely tucked loincloth”)
References edit
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “alagna”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 31