সাবান
Bengali
Etymology
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Borrowed from Classical Persian صَابُون (sābūn), from Arabic صَابُون (ṣābūn).[1] Possibly influenced by Portuguese sabão, from the same source.[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
সাবান • (śaban)
References
- ^ “সাবান”, in Accessible Dictionary [Bengali-English], Bangladesh: Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), 2018.
- ^ Xavier, Anthony Soares, transl. (1936) [1913], Portuguese Vocables in Asiatic Languages, Baroda: Oriental Institute, translation of Influencia do Vocabulario Português em Línguas Asiáticas by Sebastião Rodolfo Dalgado (in Portuguese), →ISBN, page 314, column 1