Category: LiteraturePart of speech: nounDifficulty: Intermediate

সাহিত্যিক

/sahityik/Roman

English meaning: Literary Person / Author

Definition

A person who writes literature or is knowledgeable in literary matters. Bengal has produced generations of celebrated authors — Bankimchandra, Rabindranath, Sharatchandra, Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (Pather Panchali), Manik Bandyopadhyay, and Sunil Gangopadhyay.

Example

বাংলার সাহিত্যিকরা সমাজকে দিকনির্দেশনা দিয়েছেন।

In English: Bengali authors have provided direction to society.

Synonyms

  • লেখক

Literary Heritage

সাহিত্য হলো মানুষের মনের দর্পণ।

/Sahitya holo manusher maner darpan./

Literature is the mirror of the human mind.

Rabindranath Tagore · Poet, Nobel Laureate · 1861–1941

Kabuliwala

Essays on Literature, Rabindranath Tagore, 1907

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Language
বাংলা
Bengali
Script
Bengali
Family
Indo-Aryan
Speakers
270M
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