বুরুজ

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بُرْج‎ (burj), which is from Classical Syriac ܒܘܪܓܐ‎ (burgāʾ), from Middle Persian [script needed] (burg), or from Ancient Greek πύργος (púrgos).

Noun

বুরুজ • (buruj) (objective বুরুজকে (burujoke), genitive বুরুজের (burujer), locative বুরুজে (buruje))

tower; bastion; turret
বারো বুরুজ উদয় হবে
baro buruj udôy hôbe
The twelve towers will rise
- Jasimuddin

Synonyms: মিনার (minar), মিনারা (minara)
The name of a Bengali card-game

References

Accessible Dictionary, “বুরুজ” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
Accessible Dictionary, “বুরুজ” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh

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