মায়া

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Bengali

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit माया (māyā).

Pronunciation

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  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /mae̯a/, [ˈmae̯aˑ]
    Audio:(file)
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /mae̯a/, [ˈmae̯aˑ]

Noun

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মায়া (maẏa)

  1. affection, attachment, love
  2. illusion
  3. (Hinduism, Buddhism) maya

Proper noun

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মায়া (maẏa)

  1. a female given name, Maya
  2. (Buddhism) Maya, the mother of Gautama Buddha

Derived terms

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