আফতাব

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آفتاب (sunlight), which is from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾptʾb /āftāb/, sunshine) (compare [Psalter Pahlavi needed] (ʾpdʾb /ābdāb/)), from Proto-Iranian *abi-tāpáh; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tep- (to heat, to be warm).[1] Doublet of তাপ (tap). Cognate with Uyghur ئاپتاپ (aptap) and Yagnobi офтоб (oftob).

Noun

আফতাব (aphtab) (objective আফতাব (aphtab) or আফতাবকে (aphtaboke), genitive আফতাবের (aphtaber), locative আফতাবে (aphtabe))

  1. the sun.
    Synonym: সূর্য (śurjo)
    আফতাব ঘোরে মাথা উপরে মাহতাব ফেলে দাগ
    aphtab ghore mathar upôre mahtab phele dag
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    - Farrukh Ahmad
  2. sunlight, sunshine
    Coordinate term: মাহতাব (mahotab)

Derived terms

  • আফতাবা (aphtaba)
  • আফতাবী (aphtabi)
  • আফতাবনগর (aphtabnogor)

Noun

আফতাব (aphtab) (objective আফতাব (aphtab) or আফতাবকে (aphtaboke), genitive আফতাবের (aphtaber), locative আফতাবে (aphtabe))

  1. Alternative form of আফতাবা (aphtaba)
    মোগল তসবিরে গাড়ু বদনা সমন্বয় আফতাবে
    mogôl tôsbirer gaṛu bôdnar sômônẇôẏ aphtabe
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    - Syed Mujtaba Ali

Proper noun

আফতাব (aphtab) (objective আফতাব (aphtab) or আফতাবকে (aphtaboke), genitive আফতাবের (aphtaber), locative আফতাবে (aphtabe))

  1. a male given name from Persian, equivalent to English Aftab
  2. a surname, equivalent to English Aftab

References

  1. Cheung, Johnny (2007), *tap”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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