শখ্স
Bengali
Alternative forms
- শক্শ (śokś), শক্স (śoks), শখ্শ (śokhś)
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic شخص (šaḵs, “person, individual”), from the root ش خ ص (š-ḵ-ṣ). Cognate with Hindi शख़्स (śaxs).
Noun
শখ্স • (śokhs) (chiefly Vanga)
- person
- এক শখ্সের দুই বেটা আছিল।
- ek śôkhśer dui beṭa asilô
- A person had two sons.
- ghost, spirit
- jack of all trades, all-rounder, someone who is versatile
- রাম বাবুর মতন শখ্স লোক কমই আছে।
- ram babur moton śokhs lōk komoi ache.
- There are few people who are all-rounders like Mr. Ram.
Derived terms
- আশখাস (aśokhas)
References
- Accessible Dictionary, “আশখাস” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh
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