Bengali

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit সর্ব (sarba). Compare Assamese সৰ্ব (xorro), Odia ସର୍ବ (sarba), Hindustani سرو / सर्व (sarv), Nepali सर्ब (sarba). Doublet of সব (śob), হর (hor), and হারুত (harut).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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সর্ব (śorbo) (comparative আরও সর্ব, superlative সবচেয়ে সর্ব)

  1. all, whole, entire, complete, total
  2. thorough
  3. universal

Derived terms

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References

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  • Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “সর্ব”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
  • Accessible Dictionary, Bengali-English, সর্ব, Government of Bangladesh