বাড়ি

• বাড়ী (baṛi)

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /baɽi/, , /baɾi/,

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /baɹi/,
• Rhymes: -ari
• Hyphenation: বা‧ড়ি

Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀟𑀻 (vāḍī), from Early Eastern Prakrit ৱাটী (vāṭī), the feminine form of ৱাট (vāṭa, “enclosure”), from Vedic Sanskrit *ৱার্ত্র (vārtra, “any fenced or enclosed structure”), vriddhi of ৱৃত (vṛta, “covered, enclosed”), a compound of the root ৱৃ (vṛ, “to cover, surround”) + -ত (-ta, “-ed”).

Cognate with Assamese বাৰী (bari), Punjabi ਬਾੜੀ (bāṛī, “garden”), Hindi बाड़ी (bāṛī).

বাড়ি • (baṛi)

1. house; home

   আমরা এই বাড়িটা কিন্তে চাই।

   amra ei baṛiṭa kinte cai.

   We want to buy this house.

   সে বাড়ি থেকে কাজ করছে।

   śe baṛi theke kaj korche.

   He/she is working from home.

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vāṭa1”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 670

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বাড়ি • (baṛi)

1. hit; blow.

   আমি মাথায় একটা বাড়ি খেলাম।

   ami mathaẏ ekṭa baṛi khelam.

   I took a blow to the head.