বদরা
Middle Bengali
editEtymology
editInherited from Sanskrit वर्दल (vardala) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-); influenced by Classical Persian بد (bad). Literally, “rainy”.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editবদরা (badrā)
- perverse, unpleasant, insuitable
- 1743, Manoel da Assumpçam, Vocabulario em Idioma Bengalla e Portuguez, Lisbon:
- bodra din
- badrā dina
- a bad day
Related terms
edit- বাদর (bador)
Descendants
edit- Bengali: বেদড়া (bedoṛa)
Further reading
edit- Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.[1], volume 2, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 965.