আসর

Bengali

Etymology 1

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    Arabic عَصْر (ʕaṣr)bor.
    Classical Persian عَصْر (asr)bor.
    Bengali আসর (aśor)

    Borrowed from Classical Persian عَصْر (asr), borrowed from Arabic عَصْر (ʕaṣr).

    Alternative forms

    • আছর (achor /⁠asor⁠/)

    Pronunciation

    • (Rarh) IPA(key): /asoɾ/, [ˈasoɾ]

    Noun

    আসর • (aśor)

    1. afternoon
    2. (Islam) asr, the third of the five daily prayers

    Etymology 2

    Borrowed from Arabic عَشْر (ʕašr, literally “ten”), hence "gathering of ten or more individuals".

    Pronunciation

    • (Rarh) IPA(key): /aʃoɾ/, [ˈaʃoɾ]
    • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /aʃoɹ/, [ˈaʃoɹ]
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    Noun

    আসর • (aśor)

    1. gathering; meeting; party
    Derived terms
    • আসর গরম করা (aśor gorom kora)
    • আসর গুলজার করা (aśor gulojar kora)
    • আসর জাঁকানো (aśor jãkanō)
    • আসর সরগরম করা (aśor śorgorom kora)
    • আসরে নামা (aśore nama)

    Etymology 3

    Borrowed from Arabic أَثَر (ʔaṯar).

    Alternative forms

    • আছর (achor)

    Pronunciation

    • (Rarh) IPA(key): /asoɾ/, [ˈasoɾ]

    Noun

    আসর • (aśor)

    1. effect; influence; possession
      জিনের আসর থাকলে ওঝা আনতে হবে।
      jiner aśor thakole ōjha anote hobe.
      In case of a jinn possession, an exorcist must be brought.
    2. trace; mark

    References

    • Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022), “আসর”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
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