Bengali

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit বিজ্ঞ (bijña). Compare Assamese বিজ্ঞ (biggo), Odia ବିଜ୍ଞ (bijña), Hindi बिज्ञा (bijñā), Nepali बिज्ञ (bigy).

Pronunciation

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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /biɡːõ/, [ˈbiɡːõˑ], /biɡːo/, [ˈbiɡːoˑ]

Adjective

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বিজ্ঞ (bijno) (comparative আরও বিজ্ঞ, superlative সবচেয়ে বিজ্ঞ, feminine বিজ্ঞা)

  1. learned, erudite
  2. wise, judicious, discerning, prudent
  3. experienced, expert

Derived terms

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References

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