যমজ

Bengali

Etymology

Sanskritic formation from যম (jom) +‎ জ (jo), from Sanskrit यम (yama, “twin”) and ज (ja, “born”).

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /dʒɔmodʒ/, [ˈdʒɔmodʒ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /dʑɔmodʑ/, [ˈdʑɔmodʑ]

Adjective

যমজ • (jomoj)

  1. twin, twin-born

References
  • Biswas, Sailendra (2000) “যমজ”, in Samsad Bengali-English dictionary, 3rd edition, Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad, →OCLC.
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