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নিকটবর্তী

Bengali edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit নিকটৱর্তিন্ (nikaṭavartin). Compare Assamese নিকটবৰ্তী (niktoborti), Odia ନିକଟବର୍ତ୍ତୀ (nikôṭôbôrtti), Hindi निकटवर्ती (nikaṭvartī). Synchronically analyzable as নিকট (nikoṭ) +‎ -বর্তী (-borti).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /nikɔʈboɾt̪i/, [ˈnikɔʈboɾt̪iˑ], /nikɔʈoboɾt̪i/, [ˈnikɔʈoboɾt̪iˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /nikɔtboɹt̪i/, [ˈnikɔtboɹt̪iˑ], /nikɔtoboɹt̪i/, [ˈnikɔtoboɹt̪iˑ]

Adjective edit

নিকটবর্তী • (nikôṭ(ō)bōrti) (comparative আরও নিকটবর্তী, superlative সবচেয়ে নিকটবর্তী)

  1. close, nearby, neighboring
  2. imminent, approaching
    ঈশ্বরের নিকটবর্তী হওয়া ― Iśśorer nikṭoborti hōẇa ― to draw closer to God, to approach God

References edit

  • Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “নিকট”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
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