English Explanatory Dictionary

Bhuiyan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Bengali or Assamese

Word forms

Bhuiyan Bhuiyans

Etymology

Transliteration of Bengali ভুঁইয়া (bhũiẏa) and Assamese ভূঞা (bhuña), literally, “landowner”, and are compound of ভুঁই (bhũi, “land”) + -ইয়া (-iẏa, “owner, possessor”).

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