হায়া

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَيَاء (ḥayāʔ). Doublet of হায়াত (haẏat) and হায়ওয়ান (haẏẇan).

Noun

হায়া • (haẏa)

modesty, shame, shyness, bashfulness
Synonym: শরম (śorom)

সমাজে অনেক লোকের হায়া নাই।
śomaje onek lōker haẏa nai.
Many people in society don’t have any shame.

Derived terms

বেহায়া (behaẏa)

References

Accessible Dictionary, “হায়া” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
Accessible Dictionary, “হায়া” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh

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