জরু

Bengali

Alternative forms

জরূ (joru)
জোরু (jōru)
জোরূ (jōru)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi जोरू (jorū) / Urdu جورو‎, ultimately from Sanskrit *युवतिरूप (yuvatirūpa).

Noun

জরু • (joru)

wife, female consort
দেশে এক কালে তাহার জরু গরু জমি জেরাত সব ই ছিল
deśe ek kale tahar jôru gôru zômizerat śôbi chilô
In the country, he once had wives, cows, land, everything.
- Rajshekhar Basu

Synonyms: বিবি (bibi), বেগম (begom), বউ (bou), আওরত (aōrot), আহলিয়া (ahliẏa)

Derived terms

জরুজাত (jorujat)

References

Accessible Dictionary, “জরু” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
Accessible Dictionary, “জরু” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh

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