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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)
- perverse, unpleasant, insuitable
1743, Manoel da Assumpçam, Vocabulario em Idioma Bengalla e Portuguez, Lisbon:bodra din- badrā dina
- a bad day
Descendants
Further reading
- Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D., volume 2, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 965.