দুশমন

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • দূশমন (duśmon), দুষমন (duśmon), দূষমন (duśmon), দুষ্টমন (duśṭomon)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دُشْمَن (dušman)

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /d̪uʃmɔn/, [ˈd̪uʃmɔn], /d̪uʃmon/, [ˈd̪uʃmon]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /d̪uʃmɔn/, [ˈd̪uʃmɔn], /d̪uʃmon/, [ˈd̪uʃmon]
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Noun

দুশমন • (duśmon)

  1. enemy; foe; adversary
    Synonym: শত্রু (śotru)

Derived terms

  • জানি দুশমন (jani duśmon)
  • দুশমনি (duśmoni)
  • দুশমনি করা (duśmoni kora)

References

  • দুশমন”, in Accessible Dictionary [Bengali-English], Bangladesh: Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), 2018.
  • Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “দুশমন”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]