শুষ্ক

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit শুষ্ক (śuṣka). Doublet of খুশকি (khuśoki), শুখা (śukha), শুষা (śuśa), শোষণ (śōśon), and শুঁটকি (śũṭki).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ʃuʃko/, [ˈʃuʃkoˑ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ʃuʃko/, [ˈʃuʃkoˑ]

Adjective

শুষ্ক • (śuśko) (comparative আরও শুষ্ক, superlative সবচেয়ে শুষ্ক)

1. dry; withered; sapless, pithless; dull, uninteresting, pointless; pale; parched

References

• Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “শুষ্ক”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]