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Bengali
Etymology
Sanskritic formation from ঘন (ghon) + -ইষ্ঠ (-iśṭho). Compare Assamese ঘনিষ্ঠ (ghonistho), Odia ଘନିଷ୍ଠ (ghanishṭha), Hindi घनिष्ठ (ghaniṣṭh).
Pronunciation
Adjective
ঘনিষ্ঠ • (ghoniśṭho) (comparative আরও ঘনিষ্ঠ, superlative সবচেয়ে ঘনিষ্ঠ, feminine ঘনিষ্ঠা)
- close, near, intimate
- ঘনিষ্ঠ বন্ধু ― ghoniśṭho bondhu ― close friend
Derived terms
References
- Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “ঘনিষ্ঠ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia
- Accessible Dictionary, Bengali-English, ঘনিষ্ঠ, Government of Bangladesh