বোস

See also: বস, বসু, বসা, বাস, বাসা, বাসি, and বাসী

Bengali

Etymology

    Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit वसु (vasu). Doublet of বসু (bośu).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /boʃ/

    Proper noun

    বোস • (bōs) (colloquial)

    1. a surname

    Usage notes

    • This form is sociolinguistically deemed a nonstandard variant of the Sanskritic form বসু (bośu).

    Derived terms

    • বোসজা (bōsja)

    Descendants

    • → English: Bose

    Further reading

    • Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926), The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language‎[1], volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 431
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