বেকুব

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Bengali

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle Bengali বেঅকুভ (beokubh) with deaspiration and syncope, from Classical Persian بیوقوف (bēwuqūf) with voicing, from بیـ (bē-, without) and Arabic وُقُوف (wuqūf, standing still; study, knowledge). Cognate with Gujarati બેવકૂફ (bevakūph), Hindustani بیوقوف (byoqof) / बेवक़ूफ़ (bevaqūf).

Pronunciation

  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /bekub/,
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Noun

বেকুব (bekub)

  1. fool; dumb; idiot; dunce
    Synonyms: আহাম্মক (ahammok), বোকা (bōka), নাদান (nadan)

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