বোস
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Bengali[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit वसु (vasu). Doublet of বসু (bośu).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
বোস • (bōs) (colloquial)
- a surname
Usage notes[edit]
- This form is sociolinguistically deemed a nonstandard variant of the Sanskritic form বসু (bośu).
Derived terms[edit]
- বোসজা (bōsja)
Descendants[edit]
- → English: Bose
Further reading[edit]
- Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language[1], volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 431