রাঢ়

Bengali

Alternative forms

• রাড় (raṛ), রাড়া (raṛa), রাঢ়া (raṛha)

Etymology

Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀭𑀸𑀠 (rāḍha) (reborrowed into Sanskrit as राढा (rāḍhā)); further origin disputed. Possibly from the voiced lenition of an earlier *𑀭𑀸𑀞 (*rāṭha), degeminated from an even earlier 𑀭𑀸𑀝𑁆𑀞 (rāṭṭha), from Sanskrit राष्ट्र (rāṣṭra, “dominion, kingdom, country, people”). Or possibly, borrowed from a pre-Aryan substrate language (like Munda).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /raɽ/, [ˈraɽ], /raɾ/, [ˈraɾ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ɹaɹ/, [ɹaɹ]

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Proper noun

রাঢ় • (raṛh)

1. Rarh (a region in West Bengal and Jharkhand)

Derived terms

• রাঢ়ী (raṛhi)