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Bengali
Etymology
From Middle Bengali বোম্বাই (bōmbai), borrowed from Portuguese Bombaim.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
বোম্বাই • (bōmbai)
- (dated) Bombay (former name of Mumbai, the state capital of Maharashtra, India)
- Synonym: মুম্বই (mumboi)
Middle Bengali
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Bombaim.
Proper noun
বোম্বাই (bōmbai)
- Bombay (former name of Mumbai, the state capital of Maharashtra, India)
Descendants
Further reading
- Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D., Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 694.