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Bengali
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit वसु (vasu). Doublet of বসু (bośu).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
বোস • (bōs) (colloquial)
- a surname
Usage notes
- This form is sociolinguistically deemed a nonstandard variant of the Sanskritic form বসু (bośu).
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language, volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 431