Category: LiteraturePart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common
গল্প
/golpo/Roman
English meaning: Short Story
Definition
A brief work of fiction that typically focuses on a single event or character. Rabindranath Tagore is considered the father of the modern Bengali short story; his collection Galpaguchchha contains over a hundred stories capturing rural Bengal's life and spirit.
Example
“রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর বাংলা ছোটগল্পের জনক।”
In English: “Rabindranath Tagore is the father of the Bengali short story.”
Synonyms
- ছোটগল্প
Literary Heritage
“সাহিত্য হলো মানুষের মনের দর্পণ।”
/Sahitya holo manusher maner darpan./
“Literature is the mirror of the human mind.”
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Language information
- Language
- বাংলা
- Bengali
- Script
- Bengali
- Family
- Indo-Aryan
- Speakers
- 270M