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Re: Wriddhiman, anyone? |
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তন্ময় ভ (guest, 66.167.129.136) |
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February 15, 2010 at 4:21:28 PM |
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Re: Wriddhiman, anyone? by তন্ময় ভ |
I was at a Bengali gathering just now, and most people there thought that the wr is an attempt to represent the sonorant R. The common explanation was that the current Bengali pronunciation of R sounds close to the British wr in writ etc., and hence the usage.
So, you were rght to start with: it is the Germanic wr after all.
Apologies for two followups to my own post.
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