A Facebook comment posted on 14 July, 2012[6] was the origin of Murad Takla.[a] 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.[7][8] The screenshot of the comment went viral on Facebook because of its unintentional humour:[2] The commenter wrote Murad Takla ("Murod thakle" in Banglish) which was intended to mean "if you have courage", but its pronunciation simply means "a bald person named Murad".[9] The phrase became popular and synonymous with those who write distorted Bengali using the Latin script.[5]
After the incident, a Facebook page named Murad Takla was created[7] in 18 November of the same year.[6] 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.[2]
The term has also been used to refer to Bangladeshi politician Murad Hasan after a controversy over the leak of an obscene phone call.[10][11][12] The discussion about Murad Hasan led to some confusion about the term.[13][14][15]
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".[2][16]
^The comment was made by a person named Jayanta Kumar. The comment was "Murad takla jukti dia kata bal, faltu pic dicos kan! Lakapora koira kata bal" (Bengali: ‘‘মুরোদ থাকলে যুক্তি দিয়া কথা বল, ফালতু পিক দিছস কেন? লেখাপড়া কইরা কথা বল’’).
^There are no literal translatable English words for Calia (কালিয়া), Gebon (গেবন), Pode (পোঁদে), and Asbe (আচবে). However, the word কালিয়া is synonymous to কালো (Black) in Bengali. The word পোঁদে is a slang for the word "anus." The word আচবে is recognizable with আঁচড়ানো (scratching).
^ abHossain, Maruf (7 December 2021). ‘মুরাদ টাকলা’ কে? [Who is 'Murad Takla'?]. The Business Standard (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
^Anis Alamgir (7 December 2021). "তার পদত্যাগ যথেষ্ট নয়" [His resignation is not enough]. Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
^Television, Jamuna (9 December 2021). ‘মুরাদ টাকলা’র উৎপত্তি [Origin of 'Murad Takla']. Jamuna Television (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 9 December 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
^Khan Alamin (9 December 2021). মুরাদ টাকলা শুধুমাত্র ভাষা বিকৃতির ফল! [Murad Takla is only the result of language distortion!] (YouTube) (in Bengali). Bangladesh: RTV. Archived from the original on 4 July 2022. বর্তমানে বাংলাদেশে আলোচিত নাম সাবেক তথ্য প্রতিমন্ত্রী ডা. মুরাদ হাসান। তার বিতর্কিত মন্তব্যের প্রতিক্রিয়ায় নেটিজেনরা অনেকেই তাকে মুরাদ টাকলা অভিধায় ভূষিত করেছেন...
