বদরা
Middle Bengali
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit वर्दल (vardala) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-); influenced by Classical Persian بد (bad). Literally, “rainy”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɒd̪ɾɑ/
Adjective
বদরা (badrā)
- perverse, unpleasant, insuitable
- 1743, Manoel da Assumpçam, Vocabulario em Idioma Bengalla e Portuguez, Lisbon:
- bodra din
- badrā dina
- a bad day
Related terms
- বাদর (bādara)
Descendants
- Bengali: বেদড়া (bedṛa)
Further reading
- Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D., volume 965, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers.