হিতৈষী

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit হিতৈষী (hitaiṣī). Synchronically analyzable as হিত (hito) +‎ এষী (eśi).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /hit̪oi̯ʃi/, [hit̪oi̯ʃiˑ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /hit̪oi̯ʃi/, [hit̪oi̯ʃiˑ]

Adjective

হিতৈষী • (hitōiśi) (comparative আরও হিতৈষী, superlative সবচেয়ে হিতৈষী)

1. well-wisher; one who wishes after the benefit of; benevolent

Derived terms

• মানবহিতৈষী (manob'hitōiśi)