পায়খানা

Bengali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian پایخانه (pāy-xāna). Cognate with Assamese পাইখেনা (paikhena), Hindi पाख़ाना / Urdu پاخانہ (pāxānā).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈpae̯.kʰa.naˑ]

Noun

পায়খানা • (paẏkhana)

  1. a latrine, toilet, lavatory, water closet, outhouse
  2. (by extension) defecation, bowel movement
    পায়খানা করা ― paẏkhana kora ― to defecate (literally, “to have defecation”)
  3. (colloquial) shit, excrement
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