Bengali

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit उदन् (udan, water) +‎ जन (jana, producing, creating), Calque of English hydrogen. Cognate with Hindi उदजन (udjan), Nepali उदजन (udajan), Marathi उदजन (udjan).

Pronunciation

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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ud̪dʑan/, [ˈud̪dʑan]
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  • (Vanga) IPA(key): /ud̪ːzan/, [ˈud̪ːzan], [ˈud̪zan]
  • (Varendra) IPA(key): /ud̪zan/, [ˈud̪z̪an]

Noun

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উদজান (udojan)

  1. (neologism) hydrogen
    Synonym: হাইড্রোজেন (haiḍrōjen)