আখেরাত

Bengali

Alternative forms

• আখিরাত (akhirat) — rare

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آخرت (āxirat), from Arabic آخِرَة (ʔāḵira). Compare Hindi आख़िरत (āxirat).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /akʰeɾat̪/, [ˈakʰeɾat̪]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /akʰeɹat̪/, [ˈakʰeɹat̪]

Noun

আখেরাত • (akherat)

1. (Islam) akhirah, akhirat, afterlife, hereafter

   Synonyms: পরকাল (porkal), আকিবত (akibot)

   Antonyms: দুনিয়া (duniẏa), ইহকাল (ihokal)

   বর্তমানকালে মানুষ আখেরাত কে গুরুত্ব দিতে চাচ্ছে না।

   bortomankale manuś akherat ke gurutto dite cacche na.

   Nowadays, people don’t want to regard the afterlife as important.

   • আখেরাতে খোদা তুমি

     akherate khōda tumi

     In the afterlife, oh Lord, are You

     - Kazi Nazrul Islam

Related terms

Bengali terms derived from the Arabic root ء خ ر (0 c, 4 e)

References

• “আখেরাত”, in Accessible Dictionary [Bengali-English], Bangladesh: Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), 2018.
• “আখেরাত”, in Accessible Dictionary [Bengali-Bengali], Bangladesh: Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), 2018.