ঠান্ডা

• ঠাণ্ডা (ṭhanḍa)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀞𑀡𑁆𑀠 (ṭhaṇḍha, “cold, blunted”), from 𑀞𑀟𑁆𑀠 (ṭhaḍḍha, “sluggish, slow”) with contamination of -ṇ- from a derivative of Proto-Dravidian *taṇ (“cold”), from 𑀣𑀤𑁆𑀥 (thaddha, “firm, fixed”) with retroflexion, from Sanskrit स्तब्ध (stabdha, “firm, stiff”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stabdʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ-tós, with semantic shift. Doublet of ঠাড় (ṭhaṛ, “upright”) and স্তব্ধ (stobdho). Cognate with Oriya ଠଣ୍ଡା (ṭhôṇḍa), Bhojpuri ठण्ढा (ṭhaṇḍhā), Kashmiri थंड् (thaṃḍ), Nepali ठण्डा (ṭhaṇḍā), Gujarati ઠંડું (ṭhaṇḍũ), Hindi ठंड (ṭhaṇḍ), Marathi थंड (thaṇḍa).

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ʈʰanɖa/, [ʈʰaɳɖaˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /tʰanda/, [tʰandaˑ]

ঠান্ডা • (ṭhanḍa) (comparative আরও ঠান্ডা, superlative সবচেয়ে ঠান্ডা)

1. cold, cool, chilly

   তুমি কল্পনা করতে পারবে না হিমালয় কতটা ঠান্ডা।

   tumi kolpona korte parbe na himaloẏ kotoṭa ṭhanḍa.

   You can't imagine how cold the Himalayas are.

   ফ্রিজের ভেতর খাবার ঠান্ডা হয়।

   phrijer bhetor khabar ṭhanḍa hoẏ.

   Food becomes cool inside the fridge.

   Synonym: শীতল (śitol)

   Antonym: গরম (gorom)

2. raw, bleak

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “stabdha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 788