তওবা

See also: তব, তবে, and তবু

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • তউবা (touba), তৌবা (tōuba) — rare

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تَوْبَه (tawba), from Arabic تَوْبَة (tawba). Cognate with Hindi तौबा (taubā), Gujarati તૌબા (taubā).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /t̪ɔo̯ba/, [ˈt̪ɔo̯baˑ], /t̪ɔʊba/, [ˈt̪ɔʊbaˑ], /t̪ɔːba/, [ˈt̪ɔːbaˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /t̪ɔo̯ba/, [ˈt̪ɔo̯baˑ], /t̪ɔʊba/, [ˈt̪ɔʊbaˑ], /t̪ɔːba/, [ˈt̪ɔːbaˑ]

Noun

তওবা • (toōba)

  1. repentance
  2. recantation

Interjection

তওবা • (toōba)[[Category:Bengali nouns classified by {{{mw}}}|তওবা]]

  1. my God, good heavens

Descendants

  • → Chakma: 𑄖𑄯𑄝 (tāubā)
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