প্রাচীন

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्राचीन (prācī́na) (with the sense "old" from Classical Sanskrit).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /prɑcin/

Adjective

প্রাচীন • (pracin) (comparative আরও প্রাচীন, superlative সবচেয়ে প্রাচীন)

old, ancient
Synonyms: পুরোনো (purōnō), কদীম (kodim)
eastern, eastward

Derived terms

প্রাচীনতা (pracinota)

Further reading

Dāsa, Jñānendramohana (1937-1938), “প্রাচীন”, in Bāṅgālā bhāshāra abhidhāna (in Bengali), 2^nd edition, Kalikata: Indian Publishing House, →OCLC, page 1428.
Bhaṭṭācārya, Subhāsha (2003), “প্রাচীন”, in Saṁsada Bāṁlā uccāraṇa abhidhāna, 2^nd edition, Kalikata: Sāhitya Saṃsada, →OCLC, page 256.
Biswas, Sailendra (2000), “প্রাচীন”, in Samsad Bengali-English dictionary, 3^rd edition, Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad, →OCLC, page 692.

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