ফানুস

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فَانُوس (fānūs), from Arabic فَانُوس (fānūs, “lantern”), ultimately from Ancient Greek φανός (phanós, “lantern”). Compare Hindi फ़ानूस (fānūs), Turkish fanus.

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /fanuʃ/, [ˈfanuʃ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /fanuʃ/, [ˈfanuʃ]
• Hyphenation: ফা‧নূস
• Rhymes: -uʃ

Noun

ফানুস • (phanus)

1. lantern

Further reading

• Dāsa, Jñānendramohana (1937-1938) “ফানস, ফানুশ,-ষ”, in Bāṅgālā bhāshāra abhidhāna (in Bengali), 2^nd edition, Kalikata: Indian Publishing House, →OCLC, page 1452.