মুসাফির

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُسَافِر (musāfir), from Arabic مُسَافِر (musāfir).[1]

Cognates

Compare Hindustani مُسافِر / मुसाफ़िर (musāfir), Gujarati મુસાફર (musāphar), Punjabi ਮੁਸਾਫ਼ਰ / مُسافَر (musāfar).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /musafiɾ/, [ˈmusafiɾ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /musafiɹ/, [ˈmusafiɹ]
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Noun

মুসাফির • (muśaphir)

  1. traveller; passenger; stranger
    Synonym: রাহী (rahi)
  2. (colloquial) beggar

References

  1. ^ Atindra Mojumder (1981) “মুসাফির”, in Arabic, Persian and Turkish Words in Bengali Literature, Melbourne: University of Melbourne; republished 15 Shyama Charan Dey Street, Kolkata 700073: Ekush Shatak, 2012, page 400

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