বেকুব

Bengali

Alternative forms
  • বেঅকুভ (beokubh), বেঅকুফ (beokuph)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Bengali বেঅকুভ (beokubho), বেঅকুফ (beokuph) with deaspiration, a bilingual borrowing from Persian بی‎ (bê, “without”) + Arabic وقوف‎ (waqūf, “aware, sensible”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bekub/

Noun

বেকুব • (bekub)

  1. fool; dumb; idiot; dunce
    Synonyms: আহাম্মক (ahammok), বোকা (bōka), নাদান (nadan)

Derived terms
  • বেকুবি (bekubi)
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