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Bengali
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian شوق (šawq), form Arabic شَوْق (šawq, “yearning”). Compare Hindustani شوق (śoq) / शौक़ (śauq).
Pronunciation
Noun
শখ • (śokh) (objective শখ (śokh) or শখকে (śokhoke), genitive শখের (śokher), locative শখে (śokhe))
- hobby
- longing, yearning
- pleasure
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