কেল্লা

Bengali

Alternative forms

• কিল্লা (killa)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قلعه (qal'a), from Arabic قَلْعَة (qalʕa). Cognate with Hindi क़िला (qilā), Marathi किल्ला (killā), Punjabi ਕਿਲ੍ਹਾ (kilhā).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /kelːa/, [ˈkelːaˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /kelːa/, [ˈkelːaˑ]

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Noun

কেল্লা • (kella)

1. fort; fortress

   Synonym: দুর্গ (durgo)

   নিজ ঘর নিজ কেল্লা

   nijo ghor nijo kella

   One’s home is one’s fortress

Derived terms

• কেল্লাফতে (kellaphte)

References

• Accessible Dictionary, [1] Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, [2] Government of Bangladesh