A Bilingual Dictionary of Words and Phrases (English-Bengali)

A Bilingual Dictionary of Words & Phrases

(English-Bengali)

...an easy guide to Bengali words, phrases and their pronunciation

Romanization scheme used in this Dictionary

Vowels & Diphthongs

অ a ('aw' - 'law') অ্যা æ ('a' in 'cat')

আ ā ('a' - 'father) Nasal vowels

ই i ('i' - 'pit') ইঁ ĩ

ঈ ī ('y' - 'yes') আঁ ā̃

উ u ('u' - 'put') এঁ ẽ

ঊ ū ওঁ õ

ঋ r̥ অঁ ã

এ ē ('e' 'pen') অ্যাঁ æ̃

ঐ ai উঁ ũ

ও ō Short vowels

ঔ au ই ĭ

য় ĕ

ও ŏ

উ ŭ

Consonants

Gutturals
ফ ph ('ph' - 'haphazard')

ক k ('c' - 'cap') ব b ('b' - 'big')

খ kh ('kh-h' - 'shake-hand') ভ bh ('b-h' - 'pub house'

গ g ('g' - 'beg') ম m ('m' - 'man')

ঘ gh ('g-h' in 'big hole') Semivowels

ঙ ṅ ('ng' - 'bang') য় ẏ

Palatals
র r ('r' - 'very')

চ c ('ch - 'much') ল l ('l' - 'live')

ছ ch ('ch-h' - 'much hope') Sibilants

জ j ('j' - 'judge') শ ś ('sh' - 'shun')

ঝ jh ('dge-h' - 'badge-hunt') ষ ṣ

ঞ ñ স s ('ss' - 'mass')

Cerebrals
Aspirate

ট ṭ ('t' - 'but') হ h ('h' - 'haste')

ঠ ṭh ('t-h' - 'at home') Miscellaneous

ড ḍ ('d' - 'bad') ং ṅ

ড় ṛ ঃ
ḥ

ঢ ḍh ('d-h' - 'ad hoc') ঁ
m̐

ঢ় ṛh ক্ষ kṣ

ণ ṇ জ্ঞ jñ

Dentals শ্র śr

ত t

ৎ ṯ

থ th ('th' - 'thigh')

দ d ('th' - 'this')

ধ dh

ন n ('n' - 'name')

Labials

প p ('p' - 'pen')

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