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  • অবাঙালি (adjective) 1 other than Bengali-speaking. 2 non-Bengali; contrary to Bengali culture.
  • বাঙ্গালি, বাঙ্গালী noun) Bengali; a native of Bangladesh. (adjective) of Bengalis/ Bengali; Bengali: বাঙালি সংস্কৃতি. বাঙালে, বাঙ্গালে (adjective) (pejorative) pertaining to former East Bengal or its people.
  • বাঙালি (noun) Bengali; a native of Bangladesh. (adjective) of Bengalis/ Bengali; Bengali: বাঙালি সংস্কৃতি. বাঙালে, বাঙ্গালে (adjective) (pejorative) pertaining to former East Bengal or its people.
  • গুরু (noun) 1 a spiritual guide; a preceptor. 2 a teacher; an adviser. 3 an elderly and venerable person. (adjective) 1 heavy; weighty. 2 important; momentous: গুরু ভার. 3 involving great responsibility: গুরু দায়িত্ব. 4 excessive; too much: গুরু ভোজন. 5 difficult to digest; rich: গুরুপাক. 6 (grammar) long and accented: গুরুস্বর. গুরুকল্প (adjective) like a preceptor/ spiritual guide. গুরুকুল (noun) the family or house of one’s preceptor. গুরুগম্ভীর (adjective) grave and solemn. গুরুগিরি (noun) the profession of a spiritual preceptor. গুরুগৃহ (noun) the abode of one’s preceptor. গুরুচণ্ডালী (adjective) (of literary composition) containing an undesirable mixture of elegant and inelegant words. গুরুচণ্ডালী দোষ (noun) use of elegant and inelegant words in the same composition. গুরুজন (noun) one’s superiors or elders. গুরুতর (adjective) 1 heavier of the two. 2 grave; serious: গুরুতর বিপদ, grave danger; গুরুতর অপরাধ, serious crime. গুরুত্ব (noun) importance; weight; gravity. গুরুদক্ষিণা (noun) honorarium paid or payable to a teacher/ religious guide. গুরুদণ্ড (noun) heavy punishment. লঘু পাপে গুরুদণ্ড heavy punishment for light offence. গুরুদেব (noun) spiritual preceptor. গুরুদ্বার (noun) a temple of the Sikh; Gurudwara. গুরুনিন্দা (noun) censure of one’s teacher/preceptor. গুরুপত্নী (noun) the wife of one’s teacher/ guide. গুরুপত্নী গমন (noun) sexual union with the wife of one’s teacher/ guide. গুরুপাক (adjective) (of food) rich; hard to digest. গুরুপাপ (noun) serious crime. গুরুবন্ধনী (noun) (mathematics) the third bracket. গুরুভক্ত (adjective) devoted to one’s teacher. গুরুভক্তি (noun) devotion to one’s teacher. গুরুভাই (noun) a co-disciple; a brother disciple. গুরু মারা বিদ্যা (noun) learning in which the disciple excels the preceptor. 2 learning applied against the teacher to discredit him. গুরু লঘুজ্ঞান (noun) sense of proportion; sense of high and low. গুরুস্বর (noun) accented or long vowel. গুরু হত্যা (noun) murder of one’s preceptor; parricide. গুরুহন্তা (noun) a parricide.
  • জগদ্‌গুরু [জগৎ + গুরু] (noun) the teacher of the world; God.
  • বাংলা (noun) 1 Bengal. 2 Bangla; Bengali language. 3 bungalow. (adjective) Bengali: বাংলা সাবান, country-made soap.
  • ঐ ১ (noun) the ninth vowel of the Bengali alphabet. It is pronounced as অই or ওই. It joins a consonant with its symbol ৈ. In the Bengali phonetics it is called diphthong.
  • বঙ্গ ২ (noun) 1 Bengal, the old name of Bangladesh. 2 Bengali people. বঙ্গজ (adjective) born or produced in Bengal. (noun) section of Kayasthas (কায়স্থ) of Bengal. বঙ্গদেশ (noun) Bengal. বঙ্গ দেশীয় (adjective) = বঙ্গীয়. বঙ্গ বিভাগ, বঙ্গ ভঙ্গ (noun) partition of Bengal. বঙ্গাধিপ, বঙ্গেশ্বর noun(s) king of Bengal. বঙ্গানুবাদ (noun) translation or rendering into Bengali. বঙ্গাব্দ (noun) the Bengali era. বঙ্গীয় (adjective) of Bengal; born or produced in Bengal; Bengali.
  • ইঙ্গবঙ্গ (adjective) 1 having a mixture of English and Bengali words; Anglo-Bengali. 2 (of anglomaniacs) Bengalees imitating English way of life; Anglo-Bengalee; Anglophil.
  • বর্গীয় (adjective) 1 of a class; generic; specific. 2 (mathematics) relating to square. 3 (grammar) of or classified into the groups of the Bengali stops. বর্গীয় বর্ণ (noun) (grammar) any of the twenty-five stops of the Bengali alphabet.
  • অ ১ (noun) the written form of the first vowel sound and 1st letter of the Bengali alphabet. Unlike other vowels অ has no shortened sign (like া ি ী). অ-আ, অ-আ-ক-খ (noun(s)) 1 the letters of the Bengali alphabet. 2 elementary knowledge; the rudiments of learning; ABC: ব্যাকরণের অ-আ-ক-খ.
  • চেলা ১ [Hindi] (noun) a disciple or follower of a teacher. চেলা-চামুণ্ডা (noun) (plural) disciples and adherents who are insincere and of wicked character. যেমন গুরু তেমন চেলা like master, like man.
  • নাট (noun) 1 dance. 2 acting; dramatic performance. 3 fun; joke. 4 stage. নাটমন্দির, নাটশালা (noun(s) hall within/ in front of a temple for devotional dancing and musical performances; theatre; opera-house; ball-room; dancing-hall. নাটের গুরু (noun) 1 director of a performance. 2 (ironical) ringleader; mastermind; instigator; wire-pulled.
  • মালঝাপ (noun) name of a Bengali metre.
  • গঙ্গোপাধ্যায় (noun) family name of certain Bengali Brahmins.
  • মুখোপাধ্যায় (noun) a family name of some Bengali Brahmins.
  • দে ১ (noun) title of Bengali Hindu Kayastha.
  • -ইয়া Bengali inflexion: হলুদ+ইয়া=হলুদিয়া, yellowish.
  • হাডুডু, হাডু-ডুডু noun(s) a Bengali outdoor game; kabadi.
  • দাঁড়ি ৩ (noun) Bengali punctuation corresponding to a full stop (l).