অঙ্ক

Bengali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अङ्क (aṅka).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔŋ.ko/

Noun

অঙ্ক • (oṅko)

  1. (mathematics) a number, digit or figure
    Synonym: সংখ্যা (śoṅkha)
  2. (mathematics) mathematics, an arithmetic problem that is to be solved
    Synonyms: আঁক (ãk), গণিত (gonito)
    অঙ্ক কষা ― oṅko kośa ― to solve an arithmetic problem
  3. counting, calculation
  4. lap
    • 1913, Rabindranath Tagore, Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata:
      দুঃস্বপ্নে আতঙ্কে
      রক্ষা করিলে অঙ্কে
      স্নেহময়ী তুমি মাতা
      duḥśśopne atoṅke
      rokkha korile oṅke
      snehmoẏi tumi mata
      Through nightmares and fears,
      you protected us on Your lap,
      Oh Loving Mother
  5. an act of a play
  6. spot, blemish
  7. place (obsolete)
  8. decoration, an ornament

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