বান্দরবান

Bengali

Alternative forms
  • বান্দরবন (bandorbon) (common pronunciation spelling)
  • বাঁদরবান (bãdorban), বাঁদরবন (bãdorbon) (local pronunciation spelling)

Etymology

From earlier বান্দরবাঁধ (bandorbãdh, “dam of monkeys”), a compound of বান্দর (bandor, “monkey”) + বাঁধ (bãdh, “dam”), such named due to a legend that monkeys were once seen walking in a row during a heavy rainfall and that this row was compared to a dam by the locals.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ban.doɾ.ban/
  • IPA(key): /ban.doɾ.bɔn/ (more common)

Noun

বান্দরবান • (bandorban)

  1. Bandarban (city)
  2. Bandarban District

References
  1. “বানর ও বাঁধ মিলিয়ে 'বান্দরবান'”, in Bangla Tribune‎ (in Bengali), accessed 2023-03-17
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