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Bengali
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit সদয় (sadaẏa), from সহ্ (sah) + দয়া (daẏā). Compare Assamese সদয় (xodoy), Odia ସଦୟ (sadaya), Hindi सदय (saday).
Pronunciation
Adjective
সদয় • (śodoẏ)
- kind, charitable
- merciful, benevolent
- favorably
Derived terms
References
- Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “sadaẏa”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
- Accessible Dictionary, Bengali-English, সদয়, Government of Bangladesh