হুঁশ

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • হুঁস (hũs), হুশ (huś), হোশ (hōś)
  • উশ () 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)

  1. sense; consciousness; judgement; understanding; discretion; good sense; sensation
    Antonym: বেহুঁশ (behũś)
    কিন্তু নেশা তখনও হুঁশের গোড়া ধরে টান মারতে পারেনি
    kintu neśa tôkhôno hũśer goṛa dhore ṭan marte pareni
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    - Shawkat Osman
  2. caution; cautiousness

References

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