স্যার

Bengali

Alternative forms

• স্যর (sêr), সার (śar)

Etymology

Borrowed from English sir, from earlier sire, from Old French sire, from Vulgar Latin *seior, from Latin senior (“older, elder”).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /saɾ/, [ˈsaːɾ], [ˈsaɾ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /saɹ/, [ˈsaɹ]

Noun

স্যার • (sêr)

1. (honorific) sir, master

See also

• ম্যাডাম (mêḍam)