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Wiktionary Entry Contest 2025

A month-long contest to create new entries on Bangla Wiktionary and improve the ones already there.

The Wiktionary Entry Contest 2025 is a contest on Bangla Wiktionary for creating new word entries and improving those already there.

Wiktionary Entry Contest 2025
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Rules

  • Entrants must be logged in; edits from an IP address do not count.
  • Entries may be created in the main, rhyme and thesaurus namespaces, in Bangla, English, Bishnupriya Manipuri, Garo, Assamese and Sylheti.
  • A word entry needs three parts — etymology, pronunciation and meaning — with pronunciation following a recognised Bangla dictionary, and IPA encouraged.
  • Machine and Google translation are not accepted for English entries.
  • There is no limit on how many entries you may create.

Dates and prizes

The contest runs through July 2025. Anyone creating at least ten accepted entries receives a digital certificate, with gift vouchers and printed certificates for the leading participants.

Project details

  • Organiser: Bangla WikiConnect
  • Period: 1–31 July 2025
  • Type: online entry contest
  • Project: Bangla Wiktionary
  • Hashtag: #bnwiktionary
  • Participation: open to all