Colour terms in Bengali: A linguistic analisis

Abstract

A large number of colour terms is used both in oral and written form of all the languages of the present world. It is equally applicable for the Bangla language also. Since colour terms occupy an excessive place and play an important role in every language, innumerable researches have been conducted focusing their various aspects. It is doubtlessly sorrowful that research of this kind is void in Bangla. This paper is an attempt to make a list of colour terms used in Bangla, to point out their etymology, to analyze their structures and meanings and to find out their nature of social reflection and semiotic aspects.