নেশা

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نشئه (naš'a, “drunk; intoxicated”), from Arabic نَشْأَة (našʔa), from the root ن ش ء (n š ʔ). Compare Assamese নিচা (nisa), Hindi नशा (naśā).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /neʃa/, [ˈneʃaˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /neʃa/, [ˈneʃaˑ]
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Noun

নেশা • (neśa)

  1. (indeclinable) intoxication, drunkenness
  2. alcohol, an alcoholic beverage
  3. a drug
  4. (figurative) obsession, delusion

Derived terms

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