ঘনিষ্ঠ

Bengali

Etymology

Sanskritic formation from ঘন (ghon) +‎ -ইষ্ঠ (-iśṭho). Compare Assamese ঘনিষ্ঠ (ghonistho), Odia ଘନିଷ୍ଠ (ghanishṭha), Hindi घनिष्ठ (ghaniṣṭh).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ɡʱoniʃʈʰo/, [ɡʱoniʂʈʰoˑ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ɡʱoniʃtʰo/, [ɡʱoniʃtʰoˑ], [ɡʱonistʰoˑ]

Adjective

ঘনিষ্ঠ • (ghoniśṭho) (comparative আরও ঘনিষ্ঠ, superlative সবচেয়ে ঘনিষ্ঠ, feminine ঘনিষ্ঠা)

1. close, near, intimate

   ঘনিষ্ঠ বন্ধু ― ghoniśṭho bondhu ― close friend

Derived terms

• ঘনিষ্ঠতা (ghoniśṭhota)

 

References

• Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “ঘনিষ্ঠ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
• Accessible Dictionary, Bengali-English, ঘনিষ্ঠ, Government of Bangladesh