বুরুজ

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بُرْج (burj), from Classical Syriac ܒܘܪܓܐ (burgāʾ), from Ancient Greek πύργος (púrgos).

Noun

বুরুজ • (buruj) (objective বুরুজকে (burujoke), genitive বুরুজের (burujer), locative বুরুজে (buruje))

tower; bastion; turret
বারো বুরুজ উদয় হবে
baro buruj udoy hobe
The twelve towers will rise
- Jasimuddin

Synonym: মিনার (minar)
a type of Bengali card game

References

Accessible Dictionary, “বুরুজ” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
Accessible Dictionary, “বুরুজ” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh

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