ধূমপান

Bengali

Alternative forms

• ধূম্রপান (dhumropan)
• ধূমফান (dhumophan) — chiefly Vanga

Etymology

Compound of ধূম (dhum, “smoke”) +‎ পান (pan, “drinking”), literally “smoke drinking”. Cognate with Hindi धूम्रपान (dhūmrapān), Gujarati ધૂમ્રપાન (dhūmrapān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʱum.pan/

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Noun

ধূমপান • (dhūmpan)

1. smoking

   ধূমপান নিষিদ্ধ ― dhūmpan niṣiddhô ― No smoking (literally, “Smoking is banned”)