হ্যারিকেন

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from English hurricane. The meteorological sense is a semantic loan from English hurricane.

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ɦæɾiken/, [ˈɦæɾiken]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ɦɛɹiken/, [ˈɦɛɹiken]

Noun

হ্যারিকেন • (hêriken)

1. hurricane lamp, storm lantern
2. (meteorology) hurricane (a severe tropical cyclone in the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico)