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  2. Bengali vocabulary - Wikipedia

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    Bengali is typically thought to have around 100,000 separate words, of which 16,000 (16%) are considered to be তদ্ভব tôdbhôbô, or Tadbhava (inherited Indo-Aryan vocabulary), 40,000 (40%) are তৎসম tôtśômô or Tatsama (words directly borrowed from Sanskrit), and borrowings from দেশী deśi, or "indigenous" words, which are at around 16,000 (16%) of the Bengali ...

  3. Tefillin - Wikipedia

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    And these words, which I command you this day, shall be upon your heart; and teach them thoroughly to your children, and speak of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk on the road, and when you lie down, and when you get up. And tie them for a sign upon your hand, and let them be "totafot" between your eyes. And write them on the ...

  4. List of cities and towns in Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    [failed verification] Dhaka is the only megacity in Bangladesh according to this definition. [3] Together, Dhaka and the port city of Chittagong account for 48% of the country's urban population. [4] An urban centre with a population of less than 100,000 is defined as a "town". In total, there are 490 such towns in Bangladesh. [3]

  5. Rashi - Wikipedia

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    Rashi's commentary on the Talmud continues to be a key basis for contemporary rabbinic scholarship and interpretation. Without Rashi's commentary, the Talmud would have remained a closed book. [63] Rashi's commentary had a profound influence on subsequent Talmud study and scholarship: The commentaries of Rashi democratized talmudic scholarship.

  6. Bengali alphabet - Wikipedia

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    These graphemes serve an etymological function, however, in preserving the original Sanskrit spelling in tôtsômô Bengali words (words borrowed from Sanskrit). The grapheme called ঋ ṛ (or হ্রস্ব ঋ rôshshô ri , 'short ri', as it used to be) does not really represent a vowel phoneme in Bengali but the consonant-vowel ...

  7. Architecture of Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    In the rural areas of Bangladesh, it is often called Bangla Ghar (Bengali Style House). The main construction material used in modern time is corrugated steel sheets. Previously they had been constructed from wood, bamboo and a kind of straw called Khar. Khar was used in the roof of the Bungalow house and kept the house cold during hot summer days.

  8. Real estate in Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    The real estate industry in Bangladesh operates under various laws and regulations, including: Town Improvement Act, 1953: This act established Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) and gives it the authority to plan, develop, and expand Dhaka city, also granting the government powers to acquire land, construct buildings, and address issues of congestion and inadequate housing.

  9. Bengali novels - Wikipedia

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    The development of Bengali novel was fueled by colonial encounter, booming print culture, growth of urban centers, and increased middle-class readership [1] Upanyas, the Bangla word for novel, is derived from the words upanay and upanyasta. [2] According to Ananda Sanker and Lila Ray, 'when the novel was introduced in Bengali in the middle of ...