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Bangladeshi
Bangladeshis ( bn, বাংলাদেশী ) are the citizens of Bangladesh, a South Asian country centered on the transnational historical region of Bengal along the eponymous bay.
Bangladeshi citizenship was formed in 1971, when the ...
humour, ''Murad Takla'' ( bn, মুরাদ টাকলা) refers to someone who
writes Bengali words using the Latin script in a bizarre or unorthodox fashion, which unintentionally produces a distorted meaning.
The phrase originated in the 2010s.
History
A
Facebook
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comment posted on 14 July, 2012
was the origin of ''Murad Takla''.). In the comment, a commenter told the other commenter to speak with logic. He asked why the person had a lame profile picture, and told him to learn before speaking.
The screenshot of the comment went viral on Facebook because of its unintentional humour:
The commenter wrote ''Murad Takla'' ("''Murod thakle''" in Bengali) which was intended to mean "if you have courage", but its pronunciation simply means "a bald person named
Murad
Murad or Mourad ( ar, مراد) is an Arabic name. It is also common in Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Turkish, Persian, and Berber as a male given name or surname and is commonly used throughout the Muslim world and Middle East.
Etymology
It ...
". The phrase became popular and synonymous with those who write distorted Bengali using the Latin script.
After the incident, a Facebook page named ''Murad Takla'' was created
in 18 November of the same year.
[ The page was created for sharing humorous posts written in Bengali using the Latin script. The page gained popularity, giving some people a greater understanding of the potential problems of writing Bengali with Latin letters.]Murad Hasan
Murad Hasan (born 10 October 1974) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member from Jamalpur-4 constituency and a former State Minister of Information served during 2019–2021.
Background and education
Has ...
after a controversy over the leak of an obscene phone call. The discussion about Murad Hasan led to some confusion about the term.
Dictionary
In 2020, the ''Murad Takla Dictionary'' was published by Simu Nasser and Pian Mughdha Nabi for the purpose of understanding the meaning of sentences written in the "Takla language".
Examples
See also
*Romanisation of Bengali
Romanisation of Bengali is the representation of written Bengali language in the Latin script. Various romanisation systems for Bengali are used, most of which do not perfectly represent Bengali pronunciation. While different standards for romani ...
Notes and references
Notes
References
External links
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* {{Wiktionary-inline, মুরাদ টাকলা, Murad Takla
Internet terminology
Bengali words and phrases
Internet memes introduced in 2012
Internet memes introduced from Bangladesh
2010s fads and trends