Bengali

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit শুদ্ধ (śuddha, pure, clean, clear). Compare Assamese শুদ্ধ (xuddho), Odia ଶୁଦ୍ଧ (śuddha), Hindustani شدھ / शुद्ध (śuddh).

Pronunciation

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  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ʃud̪ʱːo/, [ˈʃud̪ʱːoˑ]

Adjective

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শুদ্ধ (śuddho) (comparative আরও শুদ্ধ, superlative সবচেয়ে শুদ্ধ)

  1. clean, pure
  2. faultless, flawless, immaculate
  3. holy, sacred
  4. chaste
  5. sanctified, consecrated
  6. genuine, unadulterated
  7. correct, right
    শুদ্ধ করাśuddho korato clean, purify, consecrate, correct, amend
  8. mere, only

Adverb

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শুদ্ধ (śuddho)

  1. simply, merely, just, only

Derived terms

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References

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  • Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “শুদ্ধ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia