বোস

See also: বস, বসু, বসা, বাস, বাসা, বাসি, and বাসী

Bengali

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit वसु (vasu). Doublet of বসু (bośu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boʃ/
  • (East Rāṛha) IPA^(key): [boːs̠]

Proper noun

বোস • (bōs) (colloquial)

1. a surname

Usage notes

• This form is sociolinguistically deemed a nonstandard variant of the Sanskritic form বসু (bośu).

Derived terms

• বোসজা (bōsja)

Descendants

• → English: Bose

Further reading

• Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language‎^[1], volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 431