শুভ

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शुभ (śubha, “bright”).

Pronunciation

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /ʃubʱo/, [ˈʃubʱoˑ], [ˈʃuvoˑ]
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(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ʃubʱo/, [ˈʃubʱoˑ], [ˈʃuvoˑ]
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Adjective

শুভ • (śubho) (comparative আরও শুভ, superlative সবচেয়ে শুভ)

good, fair
auspicious, favourable
- 1913, Rabindranath Tagore, Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata:
  তব শুভ নামে জাগে
  তব শুভ আশিষ মাগে
  গাহে তব জয়গাথা
  tobo śubho name jage
  tobo śubho aśiś mage
  gahe tob joẏgatha
  All wake up listening to Your auspicious name,
  Ask for Your auspicious blessings,
  And sing to Your glory

Derived terms

অশুভ (ośubh, “evil, inauspicious, harmful”)
শুভ কামনা (śubho kamona, “well-wish”)
শুভ রাত্রি (śubho ratri, “good night”)
শুভ সকাল (śubho śokal, “good morning”)
শুভদর্শন (śubhodorśon, “good sight or luck”)
শুভদৃষ্টি (śubhodriśṭi, “good sight or luck”)
শুভলক্ষণ (śubholokkhon, “good auspice”)
শুভলগ্ন (śubhologno, “good moment or time”)
শুভসংবাদ (śubhośoṅbad, “good news or information”)
শুভাকাঙ্ক্ষা (śubhakaṅkha, “well-wish”)
শুভেচ্ছা (śubheccha, “well-wish”)

Proper noun

শুভ • (śubho)

a male given name, Shuvo or Shubho, from Sanskrit