Category: EnvironmentPart of speech: nounDifficulty: Intermediate

জীববৈচিত্র্য

/jiboboichitro/Roman

English meaning: Biodiversity

Definition

The variety of plant and animal life in a particular habitat. West Bengal's biodiversity is exceptional — the Sundarbans supports Bengal tigers and Irrawaddy dolphins; the Eastern Himalayas harbour rare orchids and red pandas; the Terai has one-horned rhinoceroses.

Example

সুন্দরবনের জীববৈচিত্র্য অতুলনীয়।

In English: The biodiversity of the Sundarbans is incomparable.

Literary Heritage

বাংলার মুখ আমি দেখিয়াছি, তাই আমি পৃথিবীর রূপ খুঁজিতে যাই না আর।

/Banglar mukh ami dekhiyachi, tai ami prithibir rup khunjite jai na ar./

Having seen Bengal's face, I seek no other beauty on earth.

Jibanananda Das · Poet · 1899–1954

Banalata Sen

Rupasi Bangla, Poem 1, Jibanananda Das, written 1934, published 1957

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বাংলা
Bengali
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Bengali
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Indo-Aryan
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