Bengali

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Etymology

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Derived from Arabic بَدَل (badal, substitution).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bɔdole/
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Postposition

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বদলে (bôdole) (with genitive case)

  1. instead[1]
    গেঞ্জির বদলে সার্ট পড়েছে
    genjir bôdole sarţ poṛeche
    (He/She/It/They, neutral, informal) wore a shirt instead of a vest.

References

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  1. ^ Hanne-Ruth Thompson (2012) chapter 5, in Theodora Bynon,David C. Bennet,Masayoshi Shibatani, editors, Bengali, volume 18, John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 105