বসিন্দা

See also: বাসিন্দা

Middle Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian باشنده (bāšanda).

Noun

বসিন্দা (bosinda)

1. resident
   • 1743, Manoel da Assumpçam, Crepar Xastrer Orth, Bhed, Lisbon:

     zei dexer boxinda xocole

     the residents of the country

Descendants

• Bengali: বাসিন্দা (baśinda)

Further reading

• Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.‎^[1], volume 2, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 618.