সখা

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सखा (sakhā), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sákʰā, from Proto-Indo-European *sékʷ-h₂-ō, from *sekʷ- (“to follow”).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ʃɔkʰa/, [ˈʃɔkʰaˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ʃɔkʰa/, [ˈʃɔkʰaˑ]

Noun

সখা • (śokha) (feminine সখী (śokhi)) (chiefly literary)

  1. friend, companion
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