খালু

Borrowed from Classical Persian خَالُو (xālū), from Arabic خَال (ḵāl).

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /kʰalu/, [ˈkʰaluˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /kʰalu/, [ˈkʰaluˑ]

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খালু • (khalu) (female equivalent খালা (khala)) (Muslim speech)

1. maternal uncle (mother's sister's husband)

   Synonym: মেসো (meśō)

   মজলিসের ইন্তেখাবে আমার খালুকে মুহতামিমের জিম্মাদারী দেওয়া হয়।

   mojliser intekhabe amar khaluke muhtamimer jimmadari deōẇa hoẏ.

   My maternal uncle was given the custody of principal at the convention elections.

• “খালু”, in Accessible Dictionary [Bengali-English], Bangladesh: Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), 2018.
• “খালু”, in Accessible Dictionary [Bengali-Bengali], Bangladesh: Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), 2018.
• Biswas, Sailendra (2000), “খালু”, in Samsad Bengali-English dictionary, 3^rd edition, Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad, →OCLC.
• Biswas, Sailendra (2004), “খালু”, in সংসদ বাংলা অভিধান, 7^th edition, Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad.