আফিম

Bengali

Alternative forms

আফিং (aphiṅ), আপিম (apim), আপিং (apiṅ) — rare

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (afyūn), from Arabic أَفْيُون (ʔafyūn), from Middle Persian [script needed] (apiyōn), from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion). Cognate with Assamese আফিং (aphiṅ), Odia ଅଫିମ (ôphimô), Hindi अफ़ीम (afīm), Gujarati અફીણ (aphīṇ), Marathi अफू (aphū).

Pronunciation

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /afim/, [ˈafim]

(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /afim/, [ˈafim]

Noun

আফিম • (aphim)

opium

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