বদরা

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Middle Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit वर्दल (vardala) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-); influenced by Classical Persian بد (bad). Literally, “rainy”.

Pronunciation

Adjective

বদরা (badrā)

  1. perverse, unpleasant, insuitable
    • 1743, Manoel da Assumpçam, Vocabulario em Idioma Bengalla e Portuguez, Lisbon:
      bodra din
      badrā dina
      a bad day

Descendants

  • Bengali: বেদড়া (bedoṛa)

Further reading

  • Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D., volume 2, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 965.