Bengali

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit संसार (saṃsāra).

Pronunciation

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  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ʃɔŋʃaɾ/, [ˈʃɔŋʃaɾ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ʃɔŋʃaɹ/, [ˈʃɔŋʃaɹ]
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Noun

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সংসার (śoṅśar)

  1. world, worldly life
    সব লোকে কয় লালন কি জাত সংসারে
    śbo lōke koẏ lalon ki jat śoṅśare.
    Everyone wonders what (religious) community does Lalon belong to in this world.
    Lalon Fakir
  2. family
  3. (Jainism, Hinduism, Buddhism, philosophy) samsara

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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সংসার m

  1. Bengali script form of saṃsāra (transmigration)

Declension

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