Bengali

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वारि (vāri).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /baɾi/, [ˈbaɾiˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /baɹi/, [ˈbaɹiˑ]
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Noun

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বারি (bari)

  1. water[2][1]
    Synonyms: পানি (pani), জল (jol), সলিল (śolil), নীর (nir), উদক (udok), কমল (komol), জীবন (jibon), তোয় (tōẏ), পয়ঃ (poẏoḥ), পানীয় (paniẏo), উদ (ud), সার (śar)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Haughton, Graves C. (1833) A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language[1], London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 1976
  2. ^ Carey, William (1828) A Dictionary of the Bengali Language[2], volume II, Serampore, page 429