হামছায়া

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian هَمْسایَه (hamsāya), with the second part conflated with ছায়া (chaẏa).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /hamt͡ʃʰae̯a/, [hamt͡ʃʰae̯aˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /hamtɕʰae̯a/, [hamtɕʰae̯aˑ]

Noun

হামছায়া • (hamchaẏa)

  1. one who shares the same shade
  2. (figuratively) neighbour