মুখ্য

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit মুখ্য (mukhya). Compare Assamese মুখ্য (mukhyo), Odia ମୁଖ୍ୟ (mukhya), Hindustani مکھیہ / मुख्य (mukhya).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /mukʰːo/, [ˈmukʰːoˑ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /mukʰːo/, [ˈmukʰːoˑ]

Adjective

মুখ্য • (mukkho)

1. chief, principal, main, foremost, prime
2. original

Derived terms

• মুখ্য নির্বাহক (mukkho nirbahok)
• মুখ্য ন্যায়াধীশ (mukkho nêẏadhiś)
• মুখ্যকর্ম (mukkhokormo)
• মুখ্যক্রিয়া (mukkhokriẏa)
• মুখ্যতল (mukkhotol)
• মুখ্যমন্ত্রী (mukkhomontri)

 

References

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