গেঁয়ো

Bengali

Alternative forms

• গেঁয়ে (gẽẏe), গাঁইয়া (gãiẏa), গেঁইয়া (gẽiẏa)

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ɡẽe̯o/, [ɡẽe̯oˑ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ɡeo/, [ɡeoˑ]

Adjective

গেঁয়ো • (gẽẏō) (comparative আরও গেঁয়ো, superlative সবচেয়ে গেঁয়ো)

1. Alternative form of গাঁইয়া (gãiẏa)

   গেঁয়ো যোগী ভিখ পায় না

   gẽẏō jōgi bhikh paẏ na

   A mendicant is not honored in his own country.

   (literally, “A rural yogi receives no alms.”)

References

• Biswas, Sailendra (2000) “গেঁয়ো, গেঁয়ে”, in Samsad Bengali-English dictionary, 3^rd edition, Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad, →OCLC, page 318.