খয়রাত

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See also: খয়রা

Bengali

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Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خیرات (xayrāt), from Arabic خَيْرَات (ḵayrāt).

Pronunciation

Noun

খয়রাত • (khoẏorat) (objective খয়রাত (khoẏorat) or খয়রাতকে (khoẏratoke), genitive খয়রাতের (khoẏrater), locative খয়রাতে (khoẏrate))

  1. almsgiving
  2. charity
    Synonym: সদকা (śodoka)
    খয়রাতে বীর দিল বাড়ি
    khoẏrate bir dil baṛi
    The brave gave the house by charity.
    - Kabikankan Mukundaram Chakrabarti
    করে না শ্রাদ্ধ দিনে কেহ খয়রাৎ
    kore na sraddho dine keho khoẏorat
    No one gives in charity during the days of Shraddha.
    - Satyendranath Dutta

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