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Middle Bengali
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian باشنده (bāšanda).
Noun
বসিন্দা (bosinda)
- resident
1743, Manoel da Assumpçam, Crepar Xastrer Orth, Bhed, Lisbon:zei dexer boxinda xocole- the residents of the country
Descendants
Further reading
- Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D., volume 2, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 618.