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আসর

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Bengali

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Classical Persian عَصْر (asr).

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Noun

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আসর (aśor)

  1. afternoon
  2. (Islam) asr, the third of the five daily prayers

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic عَشْر (ʕašr, literally ten), hence "gathering of ten or more individuals".

Pronunciation

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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /aʃoɹ/, [ˈaʃoɹ]
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Noun

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আসর (aśor)

  1. gathering; meeting; party
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Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Arabic أَثَر (ʔaṯar).

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Noun

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আসর (aśor)

  1. effect; influence; possession
    জিনের আসর থাকলে ওঝা আনতে হবে
    jiner aśor thakole ōjha anote hobe.
    In case of a jinn possession, an exorcist must be brought.
  2. trace; mark

References

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  • Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “আসর”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]