সব

See also: স্ব

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀯𑁆𑀯 (savva​), from Sanskrit सर्व (sarva, all), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sárwas (whole, all, entire), from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂-wós, from *solh₂- (whole) +‎ *-wós. Doublet of হর (hor) and হারুত (harut). Cognate with Assamese সব (xobo), Odia ସବୋ (sabo), Bihari सभ (sabh), Hindi सब (sab), Nepali सब (sab), Gujarati સહુ (sahu), Punjabi ਸਭ (sabh), Sindhi سَڀُ (sabhu), and distantly, Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos) (whence English holo-) and Latin salvus (whence English safe).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ʃɔb/, [ˈʃɔːb], [ˈʃɔb]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ʃɔb/, [ˈʃɔːb], [ˈʃɔb]
  • Hyphenation: সব

Determiner

সব • (śob)

  1. all
  2. every

Derived terms

References

  • Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “সব”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]