উধাও

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *उद्धाव (uddhāva, “act of running away”) (or from a derivative *उद्धावुक (uddhāvuka)), from उद्- (ud-, “over”) +‎ *धाव (dhāva, “running”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- (“to run, flow”). Doublet of ধাবন (dhabon), ধাওয়া (dhaōẇa), ধোয়া (dhōẇa), ধোবা (dhōba), and ধোপা (dhōpa).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ud̪ʱao̯/, [ˈud̪ʱao̯]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ud̪ʱao̯/, [ˈud̪ʱao̯]

Adjective

উধাও • (udhaō) (comparative আরও উধাও, superlative সবচেয়ে উধাও)

1. disappeared, missing, gone (from sight)
2. (substantive) act of running or flying away (from sight)

Derived terms

• উধাও হওয়া (udhaō hōẇa, “to disappear”)
• উধাও হয়ে যাওয়া (udhaō hoẏe jaōẇa, “to disappear”)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “uddhāva”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 94