বরং

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit ৱরম্ (varam). Compare Assamese বৰং (boroṅ), Odia ବରଂ (baraṁ), Hindi वरन (varan).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /bɔɾoŋ/, [ˈbɔɾoŋ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /bɔɹoŋ/, [ˈbɔɹoŋ]

Adverb

বরং • (boroṅ)

1. rather, instead

References

• Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “বরং”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
• Accessible Dictionary, Bengali-English, বরং, Government of Bangladesh