আফিম

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Bengali

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian افیون (afyūn), from Arabic أَفْيُون (ʔafyūn), from Middle Persian [script needed] (apiyōn), from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion). Cognate with Assamese আফিং (aphiṅ), Odia ଅଫିମ (ôphimô), Hindi अफ़ीम (afīm), Gujarati અફીણ (aphīṇ), Marathi अफू (aphū).

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Noun

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আফিম (aphim)

  1. opium