বোস

See also: বস, বসু, বসা, বাস, বাসা, বাসি, and বাসী

Bengali

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit वसु (vasu). Doublet of বসু (bośu).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /boʃ/
    • (East Rāṛha) IPA(key): [boːs̠]

Proper noun

বোস • (bōs) (colloquial)

  1. a surname

Usage notes
  • This form is sociolinguistically deemed a nonstandard variant of the Sanskritic form বসু (bośu).

Derived terms
  • বোসজা (bōsja)

Descendants
  • → English: Bose

Further reading
  • Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language‎, volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 431
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