ঠান্ডা

Bengali

Alternative forms

• ঠাণ্ডা (ṭhanḍa)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀞𑀡𑁆𑀠 (ṭhaṇḍha, “cold, blunted”), from 𑀞𑀟𑁆𑀠 (ṭhaḍḍha, “sluggish, slow”) with contamination of -ṇ- from a derivative of Proto-Dravidian *taṇ (“cold”), from 𑀣𑀤𑁆𑀥 (thaddha, “firm, fixed”) with retroflexion, from Sanskrit স্তব্ধ (stabdha, “firm, stiff”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stabdʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ-tós, with semantic shift. Doublet of ঠাড় (ṭhaṛ, “upright”) and স্তব্ধ (stobdho). Cognate with Odia ଠଣ୍ଡା (ṭhaṇḍā), Bhojpuri ठण्ढा (ṭhaṇḍhā), Kashmiri थंड् (thaṃḍ), Nepali ठण्डा (ṭhaṇḍā), Gujarati ઠંડું (ṭhaṇḍũ), Hindi ठंड (ṭhaṇḍ), Marathi थंड (thaṇḍa).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ʈʰanɖa/, [ˈʈʰaɳɖaˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /tʰanda/, [ˈtʰandaˑ]
• Rhymes: -anɖa

Adjective

ঠান্ডা • (ṭhanḍa) (comparative আরও ঠান্ডা, superlative সবচেয়ে ঠান্ডা)

1. cold, cool, chilly

   Synonym: শীতল (śitol)

   Antonym: গরম (gorom)

   তুমি কল্পনা করতে পারবে না হিমালয় কতটা ঠান্ডা।

   tumi kolpona korte parbe na himaloẏ kotoṭa ṭhanḍa.

   You can't imagine how cold the Himalayas are.

   ফ্রিজের ভেতর খাবার ঠান্ডা হয়।

   phrijer bhetor khabar ṭhanḍa hoẏ.

   Food becomes cool inside the fridge.

2. raw, bleak

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “stabdha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 788