আসর

Bengali

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian عَصْر ('asr).

Alternative forms
  • আছর (achor)

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /asoɾ/, [ˈasoɾ]

Noun

আসর • (aśor)

  1. afternoon
  2. (Islam) asr, the third of the five daily prayers

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic عَشْر (ʕašr, literally “ten”), hence "gathering of ten or more individuals".

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /aʃoɾ/, [ˈaʃoɾ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /aʃoɹ/, [ˈaʃoɹ]
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Noun

আসর • (aśor)

  1. gathering; meeting; party
Derived terms
  • আসর গরম করা (aśor gorom kora)
  • আসর গুলজার করা (aśor gulojar kora)
  • আসর জাঁকানো (aśor jãkanō)
  • আসর সরগরম করা (aśor śorgorom kora)
  • আসরে নামা (aśore nama)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Arabic أَثَر (ʔaṯar).

Alternative forms
  • আছর (achor)

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /asoɾ/, [ˈasoɾ]

Noun

আসর • (aśor)

  1. effect; influence; possession
    জিনের আসর থাকলে ওঝা আনতে হবে।
    jiner aśor thakole ōjha anote hobe.
    In case of a jinn possession, an exorcist must be brought.
  2. trace; mark

References
  • Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “আসর”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
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