#bong's bongo

The word is "saaloksangshleshan" but you probably know that

Okay so, here's your list after more than a month (was too busy with exams, sorry ☠️)... Just botany related words for today:

Bengali Botany Vocabulary🌿:

Botany - উদ্ভিদবিদ্যা (udbhidbiddā)

Plant - উদ্ভিদ (udbhid)

Vegetation - গাছপালা (gāchpālā)

Flowering plants - সপুষ্পক উদ্ভিদ (sôpushpôk udbhid)

Non flowering plants - অপুষ্পক উদ্ভিদ (ôpushpôk udbhid)

Seed - বীজ (bīj)

Spores - বীজগুটি (bījguṭi)

Photosynthesis (and no, I hadn't even heard this word before ☠️) - সালোকসংশ্লেষণ (sāloksônśleṣôṇ)

Roots - শিকড় (Śikôṛ)

Stem - ডাঁটা, কাণ্ড (ḍā~ṭā, kāṇḍo)

Leaves - পাতা (pātā)

Flower - ফূল (phūl)

Pollen - পরাগ, রেণু (pôrāg, reṇu)

Pollination - পরাগায়ন, পরাগযোগ (pôrāgāyon, pôrāgzhog)

Seed dispersal - বীজ বিস্তার (bīj bistār)

Nectar - মধু (modhu)

Anther - পরাগধানী (pôrāgdhāni)

Stigma - গর্ভমুণ্ড (gôrbhomuṇḍo)

Personal Pronouns

Unlike Standard Bengali which has three, the WMB seems to have only two tones of formality: casual and very informal. This is probably because for more formal situations the speakers generally turn to Standard Bengali.

Nominative:

For plural of inanimate objects, you can also use এগুলা (egulā), ওগুলো (ogulā) and সেগুলা (segulā) although -গা (gā) is more specific of this dialect.

Objective:

For inanimate objects, it's fine not to use -কে (ke).

Possessive:

English: fair, fest

আপনি কি কলকাতার বইমেলা দেখেছেন?

āpni ki Kolkātār boimælā dekhechen?

Have you seen the Kolkata Book Fair?

International Kolkata Book Fair | কলকাতা আন্তর্জাতিক বইমেলা

The International Kolkata Book Fair (formerly Calcutta Book Fair) is a winter fair in Kolkata. It is a unique book fair in the sense of not being a trade fair—the book fair is primarily for the general public rather than whole-sale distributors.

It is the world's largest non-trade book fair, Asia's largest book fair and the most attended book fair. It is the world's third-largest annual conglomeration of books after the Frankfurt Book Fair and the London Book Fair.

Many Kolkatans consider the book fair an inherent part of Kolkata, and instances of people visiting the fair every day during its duration are not uncommon. The fair offers a typical fairground experience with a book flavour—with picnickers, singer-songwriters, and candy floss vendors. With a total footfall of over 2 million people, it is world's largest book fair by attendance.

Src: wikipedia

It is heaven for book lovers! If you're in Kolkata or visiting India around Jan-March you must go to this awesome book fair!

For more info:

English: want, need, desire, demand

Etymology:

Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀘𑀸𑀳𑀤𑀺 (cāhadi), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀘𑀸𑀳𑁆 (*cāh).

Chatterji tied this to Ashokan Prakrit 𑀘𑀖𑀢𑀺 (caghati, “to strive towards”), from Sanskrit চক্ষ্ / चक्ष् (cakṣ, “to see”); modern scholarship has instead tied the Ashokan term to শক্ / शक् (śak, “to be able to”).

Example:

তার সব চাহিদা মিটানো আমার দ্বারা সম্ভব হয়ে উঠছিলো না।

tār sôb cāhidā miṭāno āmār d'ārā sômbhôb ho'e uṭhchilo nā.

Note: I'm not a linguist, I can only speak through my experience with people from these regions. And I'm talking about the accent not dialect. Alsoooo accents can vary from individual to individual.

Standard Bangla/how I think it should be pronounced: আমার তোমার উপর বিশ্বাস শেষ হয়ে গেছে (Āmār tomār upor biśśās śeṣ ho'e gæche)

Medinipuria: আমার তোমার উপর বিস্সাস সেস হয়ে গেছে (āmār tomār upor bissās ses ho'e gæche).

Kolkatan: আমার তোমার উপর বিশ্বাশ শেশ হয়ে গেছে (āmār tomār upor biśśāś śeś ho'e gæche)

Dhakaiya: আমার তোমার উপর বিশ্বাশ শেশ হয়ে গেসে (āmār tomār upor biśśāś śeś ho'e gæse)

Some general trends:

Speakers from Medinipur region will tend to double the consonants if there is a half 'r' or reph after it. পরতে becomes পত্তে, করতে becomes কত্তে, কর্তা becomes কত্তা. All 's' sounds are pronounced s. No sh, i.e স শ and ষ are all pronounced like স (s). More usage of ô sound than o.

Speakers from Kolkata too sometimes tend to double consonants. All s sounds are pronounced sh. স শ and ষ are pronounced শ (ś).

Speakers from Eastern and East-Central part of Bengal/Bangladesh and adjoining regions tend to pronounce ছ (ch) as স (s). করছে becomes করসে. Also ও (o) is sometimes pronounced like উ (u). The s sounds are all generally pronounced like শ (ś), much like Kolkatans. I've also noticed জ (j) being pronounced as জ় (z).

The National Anthem of Bangladesh and cultural anthem of all Bengali-kind.

About the song:

"Amar Sonar Bangla" (Bengali: আমার সোনার বাংলা, lit. 'My Golden Bengal', pronounced [amar ʃonar baŋla]) is the national anthem of Bangladesh. An ode to Mother Bengal, the lyrics was written by Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore in 1905, while the melody of the hymn was adopted from the Baul singer Gagan Harkara's song "Ami Kothay Pabo Tare" (আমি কোথায় পাবো তারে) set to Dadra Tala. The modern instrumental rendition was arranged by Bangladeshi musician Samar Das.

The word sonar literally means "made of gold", with "sona" meaning gold, and "amar" showing possession. It is used as a term of endearment meaning "beloved", but in the song the words sonar Bangla may be interpreted to express the preciousness of Bengal.

The song was written in 1905 during the first partition of Bengal, when the ruling British Empire had an undivided province of Bengal Presidency split into two parts; the decision was announced on 19 July by the then-Viceroy of India Lord Curzon, taking effect on 16 October. This divide of Bengal, being along communal lines–East Bengal and Assam having a majority of Muslims and West Bengal having a majority of Hindus–is claimed to have undermined India's national movement against the UK's imperialism and to have been politically motivated. Along with a host of others, songs such as this were meant to rekindle the unified spirit of Bengal, to raise public consciousness against the communal political divide.

Source: Wikipedia

In the next few posts, we'll be looking at the meanings of each word in the song and pay our tribute to the beautiful motherland.