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মাহতাব

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Bengali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian ماهتاب (māhtāb, moonlight). Doublet of মাহ (maho), মেহজাবিন (mehjabin), and মাস (maś). Cognate with Turkish mehtap.

Pronunciation

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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /maht̪ab/, [ˈmaht̪ab]
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Noun

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মাহতাব (mahotab) (objective মাহতাব (mahotab) or মাহতাবকে (mahtaboke), genitive মাহতাবের (mahtaber), locative মাহতাবে (mahtabe))

  1. the moon
    আফতাব ঘোরে মাথা উপরে মাহতাব ফেলে দাগ
    aphtab ghōre mathar upore mahotab phele dag
    The sun moves overhead, while the moon leaves a mark.
    - Farrukh Ahmad
  2. moonlight, moonshine
    Coordinate term: আফতাব (aphtab)
  3. a fireworks type
  4. rocket

Proper noun

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মাহতাব (mahotab)

  1. a male given name, Mahtab, from Persian

Derived terms

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