Chapter 9.3: Amounts and Quantities

Man with scale in large outside market
Weighing scale created using Gemini, public domain

Here is a list of words referring to common Bangla amounts and quantities:

Bangla Transliteration English
কিছু kichu some
অল্প Olpo a little
কম kOm less
একটু ekTu a little bit
সামান্য samanno small amount
সব sOb all
পুরো puro  entire
এত Eto so much
কোনো kono any, some
খুব khub very
অন্তত Ontoto at least
সমস্ত sOmosto all
কিছু না kichu na nothing
অনেক Onek many, a lot
এমন Emon such
প্রতি proti every
বেশি beshi more
আরো aro more
শুধু, মাত্র shudhu, matro only
কত kOto how much
কটা kOTa how many
ঠিকঠাক ThikThak exact, proper, accurate
অত্যন্ত বেশি ottonto beshi too much
অত্যন্ত কম ottonto kOm too little
যথেষ্ট jOtheshTho enough
বেশিরভাগ (সময়) beshirbhag (somOy) most of the (time)
কিছুক্ষণ kichukhon a while

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