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🕌 Old Dhaka (Kutti) dialect words

হালায়, আবে, আমি বি, মগর — the Kutti speech famous for its jokes.

Mainly spoken in: Dhaka

Old Dhaka (Kutti)
District boundaries: geoBoundaries / BBS, OCHA ROAP (CC BY 3.0 IGO)

5 sourced words

লাউbottle gourd
কদ্দুDhakaiya KuttiCompare on the map →
“বাজার থন কী কিন্ছস্? কল্লা আর কদ্দু?”
Source: Wikipedia, Dhakaiya Kutti dialect · দৈনিক সংগ্রাম, ঢাকার ভাষা, Akhtar Hamid Khan, 21 Jan 2019 (web.archive.org copy)

📚 From sources, not yet checked by locals · Dialect borders are fuzzy: neighbouring districts often mix, and one word can live in several regions.

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