পায়খানা
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Bengali[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- পাইখানা (paikhana)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Persian پایخانه (pāy-xāna). Cognate with Assamese পাইখেনা (paikhena), Hindi पाख़ाना / Urdu پاخانہ (pāxānā).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
পায়খানা • (paẏkhana)
- a latrine, toilet, lavatory, water closet, outhouse
- (by extension) defecation, bowel movement
- পায়খানা করা ― paẏkhana kora ― to defecate (literally, “to have defecation”)
- (colloquial) shit, excrement