Bengali edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian احسان (ihsān), from Arabic إِحْسَان (ʔiḥsān). Compare Hindustani احسان / एहसान (ehsān).

Noun edit

এহসান (ehośan) (objective এহসান (ehośan) or এহসানকে (ehśanoke), genitive এহসানের (ehśaner), locative এহসানে (ehśane))

  1. favour
  2. kindness, gratitude
  3. obligation
  4. benevolence, goodwill, benefaction, beneficence, boon, good deed, goodness
    মানিব জেন্দেগী ভর তোমার এহ্‌সান
    manibo jendegi bhor tōmar eh‌śan
    I will accept your benevolence for my entire life
    - Syed Hamza

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Proper noun edit

এহসান (ehośan)

  1. a male given name, Ehsan, from Arabic

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