হুঁশ
Bengali
Alternative forms
- হুঁস (hũs), হুশ (huś), হোশ (hōś)
- উশ (uś) — Vanga
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian هوش (hōš), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭥𐭱 (ōš), from Old Persian [script needed] (*ušiy), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *HušíH (“(two) ears; understanding”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HušíH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂us-íh₁ ~ *h₂ṓwsih₁. Cognate with Hindi होश (hoś), Latin auris, English ear.
Noun
হুঁশ • (hũś)
- sense; consciousness; judgement; understanding; discretion; good sense; sensation
- Antonym: বেহুঁশ (behũś)
- কিন্তু নেশা তখনও হুঁশের গোড়া ধরে টান মারতে পারেনি- Shawkat Osman
- kintu neśa tôkhôno hũśer goṛa dhore ṭan marte pareni
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- caution; cautiousness
References
- Accessible Dictionary, “হুঁশ” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
- Accessible Dictionary, “হুঁশ, হুঁস, হুশ, হোশ” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh
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