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Garo Dictionary
Garo – Bengali Dictionary
Compiler:
Toby Anderson
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Anderson, Toby (ed.). 2018. Garo-Bengali Dictionary. webonary.org. SIL International.
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Introduction
A people group in India who call themselves Mande speak the Garo language. Most of the 889,000 (2001 census)
speakers of Garo live in the northeast region, specifically Assam state: Goalpara, Kamrup, and Karbi Anglong districts;
Meghalaya state: Garo Hills district; Nagaland state: Kohima district; Tripura state: south Tripura district, Udaipur sub-
district; north Tripura district, Kailasahar and Kamalpur sub-districts; west Tripura district, Sadar sub-district; West Bengal
state: Jalpaiguri and Koch Bihar districts. There are a total of 1,009,000 speakers of Garo in all countries. Other names
for this language are Garrow and Mandi. The ISO code for Garo is grt.
Garo is considered to be the Statutory provincial language in Meghalaya State (1950, Constitution, Articles 347). The
classification of the language is Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Sal, Boro-Garo.
The dialects of Garo are A’beng (A’bengya, Am’beng), A’chick (A’chik, A’we, Chisak, Dual, Matchi), Dacca, Ganching,
Kamrup. A’chick is the standardized dialect of Garo in India. The A’beng dialect is used in Bangladesh, but is not mutually
intelligible, and is reportedly most similar to Koch [kdq].
The Awe dialect, spoken in Assam, has few remaining speakers; most use standard Garo. Garo is used as a second
language by Atong [aot], Hajong [haj], Koch [kdq], Lyngngam [lyg], Rabha [rah], and Ruga [ruh].
The Mande highly value their language. Garo is taught in primary schools. Literature, videos, and radio programs have
been produced in the language.
The following title is a grammar of Garo:
Burling, Robins. 2004. The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo), vol. 1: Grammar. New Delhi: Bibliophile South
Asia/Promilla & Co.
The Bible has been translated into Garo. The scripts used for Garo are Bengali (Bangla), Braille (since 1998), and Latin.
This online dictionary is considered to be under revision. While there is more work to do, we welcome your comments
and suggestions. Please use the Contact Us page.
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Foreword
We would like to thank all those who contributed to language development in Garo over the years.
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Credits & acknowledgements
We want to acknowledge all those who had a part in the expansion of this dictionary:
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The Garo Alphabet
There are 22 letters in the Garo alphabet:
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p r s t u w '
The Garo-to-Bengali part of the dictionary is arranged alphabetically according to the above order.
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Abbreviations
adj. adjective adv. adverb
conj. conjunction dem. demonstrative
esp. especially Euph. euphemism
interj. interjection interrog. interrogative
Lit: literally loc. locative
n. noun num. number
Pl: plural pro. pronoun
Sg: singular s.b. somebody
sp. species s.t. something
Syn: synonym v. verb
Var: variant
Note: In the English definitions all references to he, him, his etc. should also be taken to refer to she, her, hers etc.
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Dictionary Entries explained
A Garo entry consists of a headword followed by the definition in Bengali. This is followed by the semantic domain
category in Bengali. The latter is a link to related words in that category.
Ampang sala শেনর ঝাড় (sem. domains: গহৃ �ািল য�পািত.)
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R
S T U V W X Y Z
A
Aina আয়না (sem. domains: আসবাবপ(cid:975).)
Air condition nok rekkeবাতাস চািলতঠা(cid:1062)াঘর(sem. domains: গহৃ (cid:1144)ািলয(cid:1012)পািত.)
Almariআলমারী(sem. domains: আসবাবপ(cid:975).)
Alna আলনা(sem. domains: আসবাবপ(cid:975).)
Amদাড় /পািত(sem. domains: গৃহ(cid:1144)ািল য(cid:1012)পািত.)
Amchiমাদুর/ শীতলপািত(sem. domains: (cid:941)চয়ার.)
Amchi pindapboমাদুরিদেয়ধাকা(sem. domains: আসবাবপ(cid:975).)
Ampang salaশেনরঝাড়ু (sem. domains: গহৃ (cid:1144)ািলয(cid:1012)পািত.)
Ampokিপির(sem. domains: গহৃ (cid:1144)ািলয(cid:1012)পািত.)
Antamchi cha͘ sikaniিবকােলজলপান(cid:943)তরীকরা(sem. domains: মহািব(cid:1129), স(cid:924)ৃ(cid:1133).)
Asong chakkgipa nokবসারঘর(sem. domains: আসবাবপ(cid:975).)
Asongnaba Jakkalaবসারজ(cid:1181)ন(sem. domains: (cid:941)চয়ার.)
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B
Bajalchi rinaবাজাের যাব (sem. domains: মহািব(cid:1129), স(cid:924)ৃ(cid:1133).)
Baksoবা(cid:1034)(sem. domains: গহৃ (cid:1144)ািলয(cid:1012)পািত.)
Balisবািলস(sem. domains: গৃহ(cid:1144)ািলয(cid:1012)পািত.)
Balni Bara ͘ Onni Tarigipa Chokiকােঠর(cid:941)মাটাকাপরিদেয়(cid:943)তির আরাম(cid:941)চয়ার(sem. domains:
(cid:941)চয়ার.)
Bara cholaজামাকাপড় (sem. domains: আসবাবপ(cid:975).)
Bara gichit͘ tachi(cid:941)নকড়াকাপড়িদয়া(sem. domains: গৃহ(cid:1144)ািল য(cid:1012)পািত.)
Bara͘ ranko sugalboকাপড়(cid:941)চাপড় (cid:941)ধৗত কর(sem. domains: মহািব(cid:1129), সৃ(cid:924)(cid:1133).)
Bartinবালিত(sem. domains: গহৃ (cid:1144)ািলয(cid:1012)পািত.)
Bartinchiবালিত(sem. domains: গৃহ(cid:1144)ািলয(cid:1012)পািত.)
Basingকলসী(sem. domains: গহৃ (cid:1144)ািলয(cid:1012)পািত.)
Basingchiকলসীিদয়া(sem. domains: গহৃ (cid:1144)ািলয(cid:1012)পািত.)
Betni Choki(cid:941)বৈতর(cid:941)চয়ার(sem. domains: (cid:941)চয়ার.)
Betni tul(cid:941)বেতরট(cid:934)ল(sem. domains: (cid:941)টিবল.)
Bibalni kpko tebil done(cid:941)ছাটফুেলরদািন (sem. domains: আসবাবপ(cid:975).)
Bisarang poraibo(cid:941)ছেলেমেয়রাপড়া(cid:4310)নাকর(sem. domains: মহািব(cid:1129), সৃ(cid:924)(cid:1133).)
Botiব(cid:924)ট(sem. domains: গহৃ (cid:1144)ািলয(cid:1012)পািত.)
Botolবতল(sem. domains: গহৃ (cid:1144)ািলয(cid:1012)পািত.)
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