Bengali

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian عَلَى حِدَه ('alā-hida), from Arabic عَلَى حِدَة (ʕalā ḥida, separately, by himself, by one’s own, literally on solitariness). Cognate with Hindi अलहदा (alahdā)/Urdu عَلَیحدَہ ('alaihda), Punjabi ਅਲਹਿਦਾ (alahidā).

Pronunciation

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  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /alad̪a/, [ˈalad̪aˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /alad̪a/, [ˈalad̪aˑ]

Adjective

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আলাদা (alada) (comparative আরও আলাদা, superlative সবচেয়ে আলাদা)

  1. separate, distinct, different; unconnected; unrelated

Derived terms

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