Kolkata: Stressing on unity in diversity, CM Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that commonly used words by people enrich a language. Banerjee, while attending an event on International Mother Language ...

A month-long campaign, "Nikhoj Shobder Khoje", to encourage the young generation to reconnect with those Bangla words that have been missing from the language for a long time, was launched at Bishwo ...

The bulk of our basic vocabulary underwent exactly this process: take a Sanskrit word, make tiny changes every generation for a couple of millennia, and it becomes Bangla. These are tadbhava words, ...

Did you know ‘Da-Ri’, which means ‘beard’ in Bengali is the word for ‘legs’ in Korean? And ‘Mo-Ja’, which is the word for ‘socks’ in Bengali, means a ‘hat’ or ‘cap’ in Korean? After enthralling her ...

Shobdo Jobdo 2024, a hunt for finding the best school through various interesting games on Bengali words in the form of quizzes was organised by Anandabazar Online at 208 schools across 12 districts ...

KOLKATA: Have words like 'sir', 'chair', 'table' and 'football' become part of the Bengali language? Strange as it may sound, members of the West Bengal Assembly thought it appropriate to debate the ...