নিকটবর্তী

Bengali

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /nikɔʈboɾt̪i/, [ˈnikɔʈboɾt̪iˑ], /nikɔʈoboɾt̪i/, [ˈnikɔʈoboɾt̪iˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /nikɔtboɹt̪i/, [ˈnikɔtboɹt̪iˑ], /nikɔtoboɹt̪i/, [ˈnikɔtoboɹt̪iˑ]

Adjective

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

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