দাওনা

Bengali

Etymology

Non-standard form of দেওয়ানা (deōẇana) which is derived from Classical Persian دیوانه‎, from Middle Persian [script needed] (dyw'nk' /dēwānag/, “demonic; crazy, insane”) which is ultimately from Proto-Iranian *daywánah (“demon possessed; insane, crazy”).[1]

Adjective

দাওনা • (daōna) (comparative আরও দাওনা, superlative সবচেয়ে দাওনা)

  1. crazy
    দাওনা তাইয়া দেওয়ান কান্দ্যা ভিজায়ে মাটি
    daona taiẏa deẇan kaindda bhijaẏe maṭi
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    - Maimansingha Gitika
  2. mad; frenzied; inspired; obsessed.

References
  1. Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–), “*daiu̯a-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura
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