বোস

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Bengali

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit वसु (vasu). Doublet of বসু (bośu).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

বোস (bōs) (colloquial)

  1. a surname

Usage notes

  • This form is sociolinguistically deemed a nonstandard variant of the Sanskritic form বসু (bośu).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: Bose

Further reading

  • Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language, volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 431