বাসনা

Bengali

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वासना (vāsanā, “stay”), the feminine form of वासन (vāsana), from the vriddhi of वस् (vas, “to stay”, root) +‎ -अन (-ana), with the following semantic shift: "stay" > "stay at one's mind" > "imagination" > "wish".

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /baʃona/, [ˈbaʃonaˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /baʃona/, [ˈbaʃonaˑ]

Noun

বাসনা • (baśona)

  1. wish, desire, longing, fancy

Etymology 2

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀲𑀡 (vāsaṇa), from Sanskrit वासन (vāsana), from वास् (vās, “to smell”, root) +‎ -अन (-ana).

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /baʃna/, [ˈbaʃnaˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /baʃna/, [ˈbaʃnaˑ]

Noun

বাসনা • (baśna) (chiefly informal)

  1. smell, odor
  2. scent, perfume
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