Bengali

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Etymology

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সদয় (śodoẏ, kind) +‎ -ভাবে (-bhabe, -ly, forms adverbs from adjectives)

Pronunciation

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  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ʃɔd̪oe̯bʱabe/, [ˈʃɔd̪oe̯bʱabeˑ], [ˈʃɔd̪oe̯vabeˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ʃɔd̪oe̯bʱabe/, [ˈʃɔd̪oe̯bʱabeˑ], [ˈʃɔd̪oe̯vabeˑ]

Adverb

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সদয়ভাবে (śodoẏbhabe)

  1. kindly, mercifully, graciously
  2. favorably

References

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  • Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “sadaẏa”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]