দুর্ভিক্ষ

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit दुर्भिक्ष (durbhikṣa).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /d̪uɾbʱikʰːo/, [ˈd̪uɾbʱikʰːoˑ], [ˈd̪uɾvikʰːoˑ], /d̪uɹbʱikʰːo/, [ˈd̪uɹbʱikʰːoˑ], [ˈd̪uɹvikʰːoˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /d̪uɾbʱikʰːo/, [ˈd̪uɾbʱikʰːoˑ], [ˈd̪uɾvikʰːoˑ], /d̪uɹbʱikʰːo/, [ˈd̪uɹbʱikʰːoˑ], [ˈd̪uɹvikʰːoˑ]

Noun

দুর্ভিক্ষ • (durbhikkho)

  1. famine
  2. scarcity