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In Sylheti Bengali, there’s a sweet dish called “ফিদা (phida)” and it sounds like the word for “punch/hit” which is also “ফিদা (fida)”. So as a joke, cousins and siblings would ask “ফিদা খাইটা নি ? (Fidā khā'iṭā ni ?)” which means “Do you want ‘fida’ ?” and if you say yes they might punch you playfully because after all you agreed to a punch (fida), not a sweet dish (phida).

Submitted by @nanacians, with the help of @bonedholt

In Bengali we don’t say “squirrel” we say “কাঠবিড়াল (kāṭhabiṛāla)” which translates to “wood cat” and I think that’s just damn cute.

Submitted by @bonedholt

[resource:Shabdkosh | शब्दकोश,WordHippo,bdwordandWikipedia/বাংলা উইকিপিডিয়া (in Bengali)]

exiledhome:

I wait for what?

you smoke in the morning

slowly slowly

at the right is your temple

it’s not worth seeing

but if you are there

I will go.

-I will go, Kelsey Ray Banerjee

Kisher jonno Opekkha kOri

tumi shOkale dhUm pan koro

Aste aste,

dane hate arekta tomar mondir ache -

daekhar mOton nei

kintu tumi yadi sekhane

ami jabo

-Ami jabo, Kelsey Ray Banerjee

কিমের জন্য অপেক্ষা করী

তুমি সকালে ধূম পান করো

আস্তে আস্তে

ডানে হতে একতা তমার মন্দির আসে

দেখার মতন নেই

কিনতু তুমি যদি সেখানে,

আমি যাব।

-আমি যাব, Kelsey Ray Banerjee

My Bangla game is weak, but I went for it.