আহলে জবান

Bengali

Alternative forms

• আহেলে জবান (ahele zôban)

Etymology

From আহেল (ahel, “people”) + জবান (zôban, “language”), each from Classical Persian اهل and Classical Persian زبان (zabān) respectively, with the former ultimately being derived from Arabic أَهْل (ʔahl).

Noun

আহলে জবান • (ahle zôban)

1. (linguistics) speaker of the person's mother tongue
2. native speaker

   উনি আহলে জবানের মতো বাংলা বলেন।

   uni ahle zôbaner môto baṅgla bôlen.

   He speaks Bengali like a native speaker.

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “আহেলে জবান” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh