বর্ধমান
Bengali
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वर्धमान (vardhamāna, “increasing, growing, prospering”), a compound of वर्ध (vardha, “increase, growth, prosperity”) + -मान (-māna, possessive suffix), with the first element from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwardʰás, from a possible Proto-Indo-European *Hwerdʰ-ós. Supposedly, it was named such after being visited by Mahavira, whose title was Vardhamāna.
Proper noun
বর্ধমান • (bôrdhôman) (objective বর্ধমান (bordhoman) or বর্ধমানকে (bordhomanoke), genitive বর্ধমানের (bordhomaner), locative বর্ধমানে (bordhomane))
- Bardhaman
- A city in West Bengal, India.
- A former district of West Bengal, India.
Derived terms
- বর্ধমানী (bôrdhômanī)
- বর্ধমানবাসী (bôrdhômanbasī)
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