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

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /fanuʃ/, [ˈfanuʃ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /fanuʃ/, [ˈfanuʃ]
  • Hyphenation: ফা‧নুস
  • Rhymes: -uʃ

Noun

ফানুস • (phanus)

  1. lantern

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