হারিকেন

Bengali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English hurricane. The meteorological sense is a semantic loan from English hurricane.

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /haɾiken/, [haɾiken]
    Audio:(file)
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /haɹiken/, [haɹiken]

Noun

হারিকেন • (harikeno)

  1. hurricane lamp, storm lantern, kerosene lantern
  2. (meteorology) hurricane (a severe tropical cyclone in the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico)
    Synonym: ক্রান্তীয় ঘূর্ণিঝড় (krantiẏo ghurnijhoṛ)
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