ফানুস

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (fānūs), from Arabic فَانُوس (fānūs, “lantern”), ultimately from Ancient Greek φανός (phanós, “lantern”). Compare Hindi फ़ानूस (fānūs), Turkish fanus.

Pronunciation

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /fanuʃ/, [ˈfanuʃ]

(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /fanuʃ/, [ˈfanuʃ]
Hyphenation: ফা‧নূস
Rhymes: -uʃ

Noun

ফানুস • (phanus)

lantern

Further reading

Dāsa, Jñānendramohana (1937-1938) “ফানস, ফানুশ,-ষ”, in Bāṅgālā bhāshāra abhidhāna (in Bengali), 2^nd edition, Kalikata: Indian Publishing House, →OCLC, page 1452.

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