যেন

Assamese

Etymology

From Early Assamese যেন (jeno), borrowed from Sanskrit: येन (yena), the instrumental singular of यद् (yad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɛn/

Conjunction

যেন • (zen)

1. as, like
2. as if

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit येन (yena), the instrumental singular of यद् (yad).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒæno/, [ˈd͡ʒænoˑ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /dʑɛno/, [ˈdʑɛnoˑ]

Conjunction

যেন • (jeno)

1. as, like
2. how, as if
3. so that
4. be sure that

   আর দেখ, বাড়ির ভিতর নিয়ে যাস না যেন

   ar dekh, baṛir bhitor niẏe jaś na jen

   And look, be sure that you don't take it into the house.

5. certainly
6. suppose that, given that

References

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

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• yena (Latin script)
• 𑀬𑁂𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• येन (Devanagari script)
• යෙන (Sinhalese script)
• ယေန or ယေၼ (Burmese script)
• เยน or เยนะ (Thai script)
• ᨿᩮᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ເຍນ or ເຍນະ or ເຢນະ (Lao script)
• យេន (Khmer script)
• 𑄠𑄬𑄚 (Chakma script)

Pronoun

যেন (m)

1. Bengali script form of yena, which is instrumental singular of য (ya, “who (relative)”)

Pronoun

যেন (n)

1. Bengali script form of yena, which is instrumental singular of য (ya, “who (relative)”)

Noun

যেন

1. Bengali script form of yena, which is instrumental singular of য (ya, “the Pali letter 'y'”)