হিম

Assamese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit हिम (himá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦim/

Noun

হিম • (him)

1. frost, dew, snow

References

• “হিম”, in Candrakānta abhidhāna: Asamīyā śabdara butpatti āru udāharaṇere Asamīyā-Ingrājī dui bhashara artha thakā abhidhāna [Comprehensive dictionary of the Assamese language with etymology and illustrations of words with their meanings in Assamese and English], 2^nd edition, Guwahati: Gauhati University, 1962, →OCLC, page 912.
• “হিম”, in xobdo.org, 2006-2024.

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit हिम (hima). Doublet of হেমন্ত (hemonto).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ɦim/, [ˈɦiːm], [ˈɦim]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ɦim/, [ˈɦiːm], [ˈɦim]

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Noun

হিম • (him) (literary)

1. winter
2. coldness, cold
3. snow; frost; dew

Related terms

• হিমবাহ (himbaho)
• হিমশীতল (himśitol)
• হিমশৈল (himośōil)
• হিমসাগর (himśagor)
• হিমাগম (himagom)
• হিমাগার (himagar)
• হিমাঙ্গ (himaṅgo)
• হিমাচল (himacol)
• হিমাদ্রি (himadri)
• হিমালয় (himaloẏ)
• হিমায়িত (himaẏito)
• হিমাংশু (himaṅśu)
• হিমেল (himel)
• হৈম (hōim)

Adjective

হিম • (him) (comparative আরও হিম, superlative সবচেয়ে হিম) (literary)

1. cool, cold

References

• Dāsa, Jñānendramohana (1937-1938) “হিম”, in Bāṅgālā bhāshāra abhidhāna (in Bengali), 2^nd edition, Kalikata: Indian Publishing House, →OCLC, page 2158.
• Bhaṭṭācārya, Subhāsha (2003) “হিম”, in Saṁsada Bāṁlā uccāraṇa abhidhāna, 2^nd edition, Kalikata: Sāhitya Saṃsada, →OCLC, page 408.
• Biswas, Sailendra (2000) “হিম”, in Samsad Bengali-English dictionary, 3^rd edition, Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad, →OCLC, page 1058.