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alpana

alpana noun: a Bengali folk art style involving colorful patterns and symbols painted on floors and walls with paints made from rice flour.

Noun

alpana (countable and uncountable, plural alpanas)

  1. (uncountable) A Bengali folk art style involving colorful patterns and symbols painted on floors and walls with paints made from rice flour.
  2. (countable) An individual artwork in this style.

alpana meaning in Bengali

alpana in Bengali

alpana, rangoli
আলপনা alpona

Forms of alpana

pluralalpanas
alternative formalpona

Origin of alpana

Bengali আলপনা (alpona)

Questions about alpana

What does alpana mean?
Alpana means a Bengali folk art style involving colorful patterns and symbols painted on floors and walls with paints made from rice flour.
What is alpana in Bengali?
Alpana in Bengali is আলপনা (alpona). See Alpana meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is alpana?
Alpana is a noun.
What is the plural of alpana?
The plural of alpana is alpanas.

Words near alpana in the dictionary

  1. alpaco
  2. alpacos
  3. alpagat
  4. alpagats
  5. Alpakli
  6. alpana
  7. alpanas
  8. alpargata
  9. alpargatas
  10. Alpaugh
  11. Alpaughs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: alpana (page history and authors); আলপনা (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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