Bengali

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Classical Persian صَابُون (sābūn), from Arabic صَابُون (ṣābūn).[1] Possibly influenced by Portuguese sabão, from the same source.[2]

    Pronunciation

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    • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ʃaban/, [ˈʃaban]
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    • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ʃaban/, [ˈʃaban]
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    Noun

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    সাবান (śaban)

    1. soap

    References

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    1. ^ সাবান”, in Accessible Dictionary [Bengali-English], Bangladesh: Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), 2018.
    2. ^ Xavier, Anthony Soares, transl. (1936) [1913], Portuguese Vocables in Asiatic Languages, Baroda: Oriental Institute, translation of Influencia do Vocdbulario Portugues em Linguas Asiaticas by Sebastião Rodolfo Dalgado (in Portuguese), →ISBN, page 314, column 1