হ্যারিকেন

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from English hurricane. The meteorological sense is a semantic loan from English hurricane.

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ɦæɾiken/, [ˈɦæɾiken]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ɦɛɹiken/, [ˈɦɛɹiken]

Noun

হ্যারিকেন • (hêriken)

  1. hurricane lamp, storm lantern
  2. (meteorology) hurricane (a severe tropical cyclone in the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico)
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