ফানুস
Bengali
Alternative forms
- ফানুশ (phanuś), ফানুষ (phanuś)
- ফানূস (phanus), ফানূশ (phanuś), ফানূষ (phanuś)
- ফানস (phanoś), ফানশ (phanoś), ফানষ (phanoś)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian فَانُوس (fānūs), from Arabic فَانُوس (fānūs, “lantern”), ultimately from Ancient Greek φανός (phanós, “lantern”). Compare Hindi फ़ानूस (fānūs).
Pronunciation
Noun
ফানুস • (phanus)
Further reading
- Dāsa, Jñānendramohana (1937-1938) “ফানস, ফানুশ,-ষ”, in Bāṅgālā bhāshāra abhidhāna (in Bengali), 2nd edition, Kalikata: Indian Publishing House, →OCLC, page 1452.