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Bengali
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Classical Persian عَصْر (asr).
Pronunciation
Noun
আসর • (aśor)
- afternoon
- (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
Noun
আসর • (aśor)
- gathering; meeting; party
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Arabic أَثَر (ʔaṯar).
Pronunciation
Noun
আসর • (aśor)
- 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.
- trace; mark
References
- Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “আসর”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]