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Bengali
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कठिन (kaṭhina). Doublet of কঠোর (koṭhōr). Cognate with Gujarati કઠિન (kaṭhin), Hindi कठिन (kaṭhin), Marathi कठीण (kaṭhīṇ), Kannada ಕಠಿನ (kaṭhina), Punjabi ਕਠਿਨ / کٹھِن (kṭhin).
Pronunciation
Adjective
কঠিন • (koṭhin) (comparative আরও কঠিন, superlative সবচেয়ে কঠিন)
- hard, difficult
হিন্দি পড়া কঠিন।- hindi poṛa koṭhin.
- Hindi is hard to read.
- hard, firm, tough
Synonyms
- (hard, tough): শক্ত (śokto)
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “easy”): সহজ (śohoj)
- (antonym(s) of “soft”): নরম (norom), আর্দ্র (ardro)