সন

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَنَة (sana), from Proto-Semitic *šanat-.

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ʃɔn/, [ˈʃɔːn], [ˈʃɔn]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ʃɔn/, [ˈʃɔːn], [ˈʃɔn]

Noun

সন • (śon)

1. year

   Synonym: সাল (śal)

   তিন সন ইজাফা দিয়াছি রাজকরে।

   tin śon ijapha diẏachi rajkore.

   I gave three years extra towards the royal tax.

   - Ghanaram Chakrabarty

Related terms

• সন সন (śon śon)
• সন হাল (śon hal)
• সন-তারিখ (śon-tarikh)
• ফিসন (phiśon)
• সনবী (śonbi)

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “সন” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “সন” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh