Bengali edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian نشئه (naš'a, drunk; intoxicated), from Arabic نَشْأَة (našʔa), from the root ن ش ء (n-š-ʔ). Compare Assamese নিচা (nisa), Hindi नशा (naśā).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

নেশা (neśa)

  1. (indeclinable) intoxication, drunkenness
  2. alcohol, an alcoholic beverage
  3. a drug
  4. (figurative) obsession, delusion

Derived terms edit