হোক

Bengali

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /hok/, [hok]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /hok/, [hok]

Verb

হোক • (hōk)

1. third-person familiar imperative of হওয়া (hoōẇa)
   • গরীবকে এরা বড়ই হেকারত করেন তা সে এগানাই হোক আর বেগানাই হোক।

     goriboke era boṛoi hekarot koren ta śe eganai hōk ar beganai hōk.

     They despise the poor a lot, whether they are relatives or not.

     (literally, “They greatly despise the poor, be they relatives and be they non-relatives.”)

     (Qazi Imdadul Haq)