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Pani, asman, dost among Persian, Arabic-origin words Bengal panel wants to remove

India Today · Tapas Sengupta · 3 min read at India Today

The West Bengal Syllabus Committee is considering changes to school textbooks that could see several Persian- and Arabic-origin words replaced with terms it considers more traditional to Bengali usage.

The proposed changes are being examined for textbooks covering Classes I to X and include commonly used words such as pani (water), rangdhonu (rainbow), kitab (book), imarat (building), asman (sky), fajr (dawn), gosol (bath) and dost (friend).

Excerpt. Full story at India Today: https://www.indiatoday.in/india/west-bengal/story/west-bengal-textbooks-panel-may-replace-pani-asman-and-dost-3007539-2026-10-01

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