নিকট

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit निकट (nikaṭa). Doublet of নিয়র (niẏor).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /nikɔʈ/, [ˈnikɔʈ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /nikɔt/, [ˈnikɔt]

Adjective

নিকট • (nikoṭ) (comparative আরও নিকট, superlative সবচেয়ে নিকট)

  1. imminent, approaching
  2. close
  3. intimate

Preposition

নিকট • (nikoṭ)

  1. (literary) near, close to, about
    Synonym: কাছে (kache)
  2. (literary) to, towards
  3. (literary) by, from

References

  • Biswas, Sailendra (2000) “নিকট”, in Samsad Bengali-English dictionary, 3rd edition, Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad, →OCLC.
  • Dāsa, Jñānendramohana (1937-1938) “নিকট”, in Bāṅgālā bhāshāra abhidhāna (in Bengali), 2nd edition, Kalikata: Indian Publishing House, →OCLC.
  • Bhaṭṭācārya, Subhāsha (2003) “নিকট”, in Saṁsada Bāṁlā uccāraṇa abhidhāna, 2nd edition, Kalikata: Sāhitya Saṃsada, →OCLC.
  • Biswas, Sailendra (2004) “নিকট”, in সংসদ বাংলা অভিধান, 7th edition, Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad.
  • নিকট”, in Accessible Dictionary [Bengali-English], Bangladesh: Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), 2018.