Bhattacharya

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proper noun

A surname from Bengali.

OriginBengali ভট্টাচার্য (bhoṭṭacarjo) →
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Meanings

proper nounBhattacharya (plural Bhattacharyas)

plural Bhattacharyas · alternative Bhattacharjee · alternative Bhattacharyya

  1. A surname from Bengali.
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    The complaint was filed Wednesday in a Massachusetts court by the American Public Health Association, the United Auto Workers, which also represents research scientists, and several scholars against the US Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institutes of Health, NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

    2025 April 2, Jen Christensen, “Scholars, groups sue Trump administration over canceled NIH research funding”, in CNN

Origin

  1. Bengaliভট্ট (bhoṭṭo)
  2. Bengaliআচার্য (acarjo)
  3. Bengaliভট্টাচার্য (bhoṭṭacarjo)
  4. EnglishBhattacharya

Borrowed from Bengali ভট্টাচার্য (bhoṭṭacarjo).

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Bhattacharya. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bhattacharya

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“Bhattacharya.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bhattacharya. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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