কপাল

Assamese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कपाल (kapā́la).

Noun

কপাল • (kopal)

  1. forehead

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कपाल (kapāla), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kapā́las.

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /kɔpal/, [ˈkɔpal]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /kɔpal/, [ˈkɔpal]

Noun

কপাল • (kopal)

  1. forehead
    বড় মগজ থাকায় মানুষের বড় কপালও আছে।
    boṛ mogoj thakaẏ manuśer boṛ kopalō ache.
    Due to their large brains, humans also have large foreheads.
  2. destiny, fate
    ও তা হয়না কপালগুণে।
    ō ta hoẏna kopalgune.
    And that doesn't happen due to fate.
    (literally, “And that doesn't happen due to the nature of fate.”)
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