Bengali edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic بُرْج (burj), from Classical Syriac ܒܘܪܓܐ (burgāʾ), from Ancient Greek πύργος (púrgos).

Noun edit

বুরুজ (buruj) (objective বুরুজকে (burujoke), genitive বুরুজের (burujer), locative বুরুজে (buruje))

  1. tower; bastion; turret
    বারো বুরুজ উদয় হবে
    baro buruj udoy hobe
    The twelve towers will rise
    - Jasimuddin
    Synonym: মিনার (minar)
  2. a type of Bengali card game

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