মওকা

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian موقع (mauqi', mauqa'), from Arabic مَوْقِع (mawqiʕ). Cognate with Hindi मौक़ा (mauqā), Ahirani मोक्या (mokyā), Marathi मोका (mokā), Gujarati મોકો (moko), Assamese মৌকা (mouka), Varhadi मोक्का (mokkā)

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /mɔo̯ka/, [ˈmɔo̯kaˑ], /mɔuka/, [ˈmɔukaˑ], /mɔo̯qa/, [ˈmɔo̯qaˑ], /mɔuqa/, [ˈmɔuqaˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /mɔo̯ka/, [ˈmɔo̯kaˑ], /mɔuka/, [ˈmɔukaˑ], /mɔo̯qa/, [ˈmɔo̯qaˑ], /mɔuqa/, [ˈmɔuqaˑ]

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Noun

মওকা • (moōka)

1. occasion; opportunity; contingency.

Related terms

• বেমওকা (bemōka)

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “মওকা” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “মওকা” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh