Body Parts in Bengali Transliteration: 5 Useful Lines
For Bengali body parts, start with the five plain transliteration lines for head, eye, hand, foot/leg, and nose. Three parallel lines add a short discourse word—“Okay,” “Yes,” or “Look.” Treat those as complete alternatives, not as a reason to change the body-part wording. The foot/leg gloss remains intentionally broad.
Start with these expressions
| English | Transliteration | Native script |
|---|---|---|
| This is my head | eta amar matha | এটা আমার মাথা |
| This is my eye | eta amar chokh | এটা আমার চোখ |
| This is my hand | eta amar haat | এটা আমার হাত |
| This is my foot/leg | eta amar pa | এটা আমার পা |
| This is my nose | eta amar nak | এটা আমার নাক |
| Okay, this is my head. | achha, eta amar matha. | আচ্ছা, এটা আমার মাথা। |
| Yes, this is my eye. | hya, eta amar chokh. | হ্যাঁ, এটা আমার চোখ। |
| Look, this is my hand. | dekho, eta amar haat. | দেখো, এটা আমার হাত। |
How to use these Bengali transliteration examples
The five plain lines let you identify a body part directly: head, eye, hand, foot/leg, or nose. Read each complete line as one usable unit rather than trying to build a larger vocabulary list from it. The foot/leg entry is deliberately shown with both English meanings, so do not silently narrow it to only “foot” or only “leg.”
A useful distinction is whether the line begins with an added discourse word. The plain head line and its “Okay” version refer to the same supplied body-part meaning; the eye and hand also have parallel versions beginning with “Yes” and “Look.” The added word changes the framing of the statement, while the body-part identification stays the same. This is a distinction among these complete examples, not a general rule about every Bengali sentence.
The component meanings behind the recurring pattern are also documented: the demonstrative means “this,” the possessive means “my,” and the head term denotes “head” [1][2][3]. Use the rendered transliteration consistently when reviewing the lines, and keep the English gloss beside it until the meaning is immediate.
[1] Source: dsal.uchicago.edu.
[2] Source: dsal.uchicago.edu.
[3] Source: dsal.uchicago.edu.
Try it
You are pointing to your nose while helping a child learn body-part words. Which Bengali transliteration line should you choose?
Choose your answer before reading on.
Check your answer:
Use expression 5 in the table above.
Choose the line whose English meaning is “This is my nose.” It fits because the situation requires direct identification of the nose, without needing an added “Okay,” “Yes,” or “Look” framing word.
Review the five plain lines first, then compare each available discourse-word version with its matching body-part meaning. Finally, test yourself by choosing the nose line without looking at the English gloss.
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