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Fractions. A book list from 1908, with prices in rupees and anna. The price at top left is ২৷৷৹ (2½ rupees), top right ৸৹ (15 annas). The Bengali-Assamese script has a separate set of digits for base-16 fractions: This system was the norm for pricing before decimalization of the currency: [citation needed] ২৲ (₹2 ...
The Bengali script or Bangla alphabet ( Bengali: বাংলা বর্ণমালা, romanized : Bangla bôrṇômala, Meitei: বেঙ্গলি ময়েক, romanized: Bengali mayek) is the alphabet used to write the Bengali language based on the Bengali-Assamese script, and has historically been used to write Sanskrit within Bengal.
The compound word numberdar is composed of the English word number (such as a certain number or percentage of the land revenue) and dar (در from the Persian loan word into Bengali, Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi languages, meaning the bearer, possessor, holder, keeper or owner), [2] thus in this context it means the one who holds a certain percentage of the land revenue.
The Indian numbering system corresponds to the Western system for the zeroth through fourth powers of ten: one (10 0 ), ten (10 1 ), one hundred (10 2 ), one thousand (10 3 ), and ten thousand (10 4 ). For higher powers of ten, the names no longer correspond. In the ancient Indian system still in use in regional languages of India, there are ...
Devanāgarī is formed by the addition of the word deva ( देव) to the word nāgarī ( नागरी ). Nāgarī is an adjective derived from nagara ( नगर ), a Sanskrit word meaning "town" or "city," and literally means "urban" or "urbane". [ 21] The word Nāgarī (implicitly modifying lipi, "script") was used on its own to refer ...
from Hindi and Urdu: An acknowledged leader in a field, from the Mughal rulers of India like Akbar and Shah Jahan, the builder of the Taj Mahal. Maharaja. from Hindi and Sanskrit: A great king. Mantra. from Hindi and Sanskrit: a word or phrase used in meditation. Masala. from Urdu, to refer to Indian flavoured spices.
The prevalent view among Punjabi linguists is that as in the early stages the Gurmukhī letters were primarily used by the Guru's followers, gurmukhs (literally, those who face, or follow, the Guru, as opposed to a manmukh ); the script thus came to be known as gurmukhī, "the script of those guided by the Guru."
Bengali is the fourth fastest growing language in India, following Hindi in the first place, Kashmiri in the second place, and Meitei ( Manipuri ), along with Gujarati, in the third place, according to the 2011 census of India. [ 19] Bengali has developed over more than 1,300 years.