তৃষ্ণা

Bengali

Alternative forms

• তিষ্ণা (tiśna) — colloquial

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit তৃষ্ণা (tṛṣṇā). Cognate with Persian تشنه (tešne), Latin terra, English thirst, Hindi तिश्ना (tiśnā), तृष्णा (tŕṣṇā).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /t̪ɾiʃna/, [ˈt̪ːɾiʃnaˑ], /t̪iʃna/, [ˈt̪iʃnaˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /t̪ɹiʃna/, [ˈt̪ːɹiʃnaˑ], /t̪iʃna/, [ˈt̪iʃnaˑ]

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Noun

তৃষ্ণা • (triśna)

1. thirst
2. desire

   Synonyms: পিপাসা (pipaśa), পিয়াস (piẏaś)

   শেষে আপন তৃষ্ণা হাসিল করেছি

   śêse apon triśna hasil korechi

   Ar last I have fulfilled my own desire

References

• Accessible Dictionary, [1] Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, [2] Government of Bangladesh