শবনম

Bengali

Alternative forms

শবনাম (śobonam)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (šabnam, “(nightly) dew”), from (šab, “night”) +‎ (nam, “moisture, humidity”). Cognate with Hindustani شبنم / शबनम (śabnam).

Pronunciation

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /ʃɔbnɔm/, [ˈʃɔbnɔm]
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(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ʃɔbnɔm/, [ˈʃɔbnɔm]

Noun

শবনম • (śobonom) (objective শবনম (śobonom) or শবনমকে (śobonmoke), genitive শবনমের (śobnomer), locative শবনমে (śobnome) or শবনমেতে (śobonmete))

dew
a kind of fine linen

Proper noun

শবনম • (śobonom)

a female given name, Shabnam or Shobnom, from Persian

References

Accessible Dictionary, “শবনম, শবনাম” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
Accessible Dictionary, “শবনম, শবনাম” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh

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