বরাবর

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian برابر (barâbar). Cognate with Hindi बराबर (barābar), Marathi बरोबर (barobar), Punjabi ਬਰਾਬਰ (barābar), Gujarati બરાબર (barābar).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /bɔɾabɔɾ/, [ˈbɔɾabɔɾ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /bɔɹabɔɹ/, [ˈbɔɹabɔɹ]

Adverb

বরাবর • (borabor)

1. always
2. straightway

References

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