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Bengali
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀯𑁆𑀯 (savva), from Sanskrit सर्व (sarva, “all”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sárwas (“whole, all, entire”), from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂-wós, from *solh₂- (“whole”) + *-wós. Doublet of হর (hor) and হারুত (harut). Cognate with Assamese সব (xobo), Odia ସବୋ (sabo), Bihari सभ (sabh), Hindi सब (sab), Nepali सब (sab), Gujarati સહુ (sahu), Punjabi ਸਭ (sabh), Sindhi سَڀُ (sabhu), and distantly, Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos) (whence English holo-) and Latin salvus (whence English safe).
Pronunciation
Determiner
সব • (śob)
- all
- every
Derived terms
References
- Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “সব”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]