Bengali edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सखा (sakhā), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sákʰā, from Proto-Indo-European *sékʷ-h₂-ō, from *sekʷ- (to follow).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

সখা (śokha) (feminine সখী (śokhi)) (chiefly literary)

  1. friend, companion