Bengali

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit मूल (mūla). Cognate with Gujarati મૂળ (mūḷ) and Hindi मूल (mūl).

Pronunciation

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  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /mul/, [ˈmuːl], [ˈmul]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /mul/, [ˈmuːl], [ˈmul]
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Noun

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মূল (mul)

  1. root; origin; source
    পরিশ্রম সৌভাগ্যের মূল
    porisrom śōubhagger mul.
    Diligence is the source of fortune.
  2. foundation, fundament, base, foot, basis

Derived terms

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Adjective

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মূল (mul) (comparative আরও মূল, superlative সবচেয়ে মূল)

  1. first
  2. primary
  3. original

Adverb

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মূল (mul)

  1. originally

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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মূল n

  1. Bengali script form of mūla

Declension

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