অহর্নিশি

Bengali

Alternative forms
  • অহর্নিশ (ohorniś), অহর্নিশা (ohorniśa)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अहर्निशि (aharniśi), composed from अहर् (ahar, “day”) +‎ निशि (niśi, “night”).

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ɔɦoɾniʃi/, [ˈɔɦoɾniʃiˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ɔɦoɹniʃi/, [ˈɔɦoɹniʃiˑ]

Adverb

অহর্নিশি • (ohorniśi) (poetic, literary)

  1. day and night
    Synonyms: দিনরাত (dinorat), দিবারাত্রি (dibaratri)
    চাতক প্রায় অহর্নিশি
    চেয়ে আছে কালো শশী।
    catok praẏ ohorniśi
    ceẏe ache kalō śośi.
    The desirer almost day and night
    desires the black moon [spiritual enlightenment].
    —Lalon Fakir
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