Where does “আখন্দ” come from?

আখন্দ (Bengali) comes from Persian آخوند — An akhund, specifically a cleric of the Usuli...

আখন্দ (Bengali): A learned person; teacher

Definitions

  1. A learned person; teacher

Ancestry of “আখন্দ”, step by step

আখন্দ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian آخوند

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PersianآخوندAn akhund, specifically a cleric of the Usuli...

via Classical Persian آخُونْد

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianآخُونْد
Every word from Persian آخوند