খাওয়া

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀔𑀸𑀤𑀺 (khādi), from Sanskrit खादति (khā́dati), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰā́dati, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷh₂ḗdeti ~ *kʷh₂édeti, from *kʷh₂ed-.

Cognates include Assamese খা (kha), Kamta kha, Sylheti ꠈꠣꠅꠀ (xáoa), Rajbanshi खाबा (khābā), Oriya ଖାଇବା (khaiba), Hindi खाना (khānā) / Urdu کھانا (khānā), Bhojpuri खाईल (khāīl) / 𑂎𑂰𑂆𑂪 (khāīl), Nepali खानु (khānu), Gujarati ખાવું (khāvũ), Marwari खाणौ (khāṇau), Garhwali खाणु (khāṇu), Punjabi ਖਾਣਾ (khāṇā) / کھانا (khānā), Romani xal, Sindhi کائِڻُ / खाइणु, and Hungarian kajál.

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /kʰao̯a/, [kʰao̯aˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /kʰao̯a/, [kʰao̯aˑ]
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  • Rhymes: -aoa
  • Hyphenation: খা‧ও‧য়া

Verb

খাওয়া (khaōẇa)

  1. to eat[1]
    আমার খাওয়া হল না।
    amar khawa holo na.
    I didn't end up eating.
    (literally, “My eating didn't happen.”)
  2. to drink
    এই পানি খা তো!
    ei pani kha!
    Drink this water!
  3. to smoke
  4. to consume
  5. (figurative) to receive, suffer
    কীভাবে আমরা হোঁচট খাওয়া এড়াতে পারি?
    kibhabe amra hō̃coṭ khaōẇa eṛate pari?
    How can we avoid stumbling?
    (literally, “How can we avoid suffering a stumble?”)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Noun

খাওয়া (khaōẇa)

  1. eating[2][1]
    Synonym: ভক্ষণ (bhokkhon)
    এখন খাওয়া চলছে।
    ekhon khaōẇa coloche.
    We're eating right now.
    (literally, “Now eating is going on.”)

Adjective

খাওয়া (khaōẇa) (comparative আরও খাওয়া, superlative সবচেয়ে খাওয়া)

  1. eaten[2][1]
    Synonym: ভক্ষিত (bhokkhito)

References

  1. দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1916) বাঙ্গলা ভাষার অভিধান (in Bengali), ইণ্ডিয়ান প্রেস & ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্‌লিশিং হাউস্, page 465
  2. Haughton, Graves C. (1833) A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language, London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 867
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