Dobhashi (Bengali: দোভাষী, دوبھاشي, romanized: Dōbhāṣī, lit. 'Bilingual') is a neologism used to refer to a historical register of the Bengali language which borrowed extensively, in all aspects, from Arabic and Persian. It became the most customary form for composing puthi poetry predominantly using the traditional Bengali alphabet.
Dobhashi (Bengali: দোভাষী, دوبھاشي, romanized: Dōbhāṣī, lit. 'Bilingual') is a neologism used to refer to a historical register of the Bengali language which borrowed extensively, in all aspects, from Arabic and Persian. It became the most customary form for composing puthi poetry predominantly using the traditional Bengali alphabet.
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