মুসাফির

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُسَافِر (musāfir), from Arabic مُسَافِر (musāfir).

Cognates

Compare Hindustani مُسافِر / मुसाफ़िर (musāfir), Gujarati મુસાફર (musāphar), Punjabi ਮੁਸਾਫ਼ਰ / مُسافَر (musāfar).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /musafiɾ/, [ˈmusafiɾ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /musafiɹ/, [ˈmusafiɹ]

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Noun

মুসাফির • (muśaphir)

1. traveller; passenger; stranger

   Synonym: রাহী (rahi)

2. (colloquial) beggar

Related terms

• সাফির (śaphir)
• সাফারি (śaphari)
• সফর (śophor)

Further reading

• Accessible Dictionary, Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh