বর্গি

Bengali

Alternative forms

• বরগি (borgi), বরগী (borgi), বর্গী (borgi)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani برگیر / बरगीर (bargīr), from Classical Persian بارگیر (bārgīr, “cavalryman”), from ‍بار (bār, “load, burden”) +‎ گیر (gīr, “carrying”).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /boɾɡi/, [ˈboɾɡiˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /boɹɡi/, [ˈboɹɡiˑ]

Proper noun

বর্গি • (borgi)

1. the Bargis (a group of Marathi light cavalrymen who invaded and plundered western Bengal between 1741 and 1751)

   খোকা ঘুমালো, পাড়া জুড়ালো, বর্গি এলো দেশে। বুলবুলিতে ধান খেয়েছে, খাজনা দেবো কিসে? ধান ফুরালো, পান ফুরালো, খাজনার উপায় কি? আর ক'টা সবুর করো, রসুন বুনেছি।

   khōka ghumalō, paṛa juṛalō, borgi elō deśe. bulbulite dhan kheẏeche, khajn debō kiśe? dhan phuralō, pan phuralō, khajnr upaẏ ki? ar ko'ṭa śobur korō, rośun bunechi.

   The child has fallen asleep, the neighbourhood has been allayed, (but) the Bargis have come to our land. The nightingales have eaten all the paddies; (alas,) how can we pay our taxes (now)? No paddies, no betels, (then) in what way can we give our taxes? (O tax collectors,) please be patient for a few more days, (since) we have planted garlic (cloves).

   –a traditional Bengali lullaby

   1. a member of the Bargis