সখা

Bengali

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ʃɔkʰa/, [ˈʃɔkʰaˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ʃɔkʰa/, [ˈʃɔkʰaˑ]

Noun

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

1. friend, companion