যমজ

Bengali

Etymology

Sanskritic formation from যম (jom) +‎ জ (jo), from Sanskrit यम (yama, “twin”) and ज (ja, “born”).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɔmod͡ʒ/, [ˈd͡ʒɔmod͡ʒ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /dʑɔmodʑ/, [ˈdʑɔmodʑ]

Adjective

যমজ • (jomoj)

1. twin, twin-born

References

• Biswas, Sailendra (2000) “যমজ”, in Samsad Bengali-English dictionary, 3^rd edition, Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad, →OCLC.