হুঁশ

Bengali

Alternative forms

• হুঁস (hũs), হুশ (huś), হোশ (hōś)
• উশ (uś) — Vanga

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian هوش (hōš), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭥𐭱 (ōš), from Old Persian [script needed] (*ušiy⁠), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *HušíH (“(two) ears; understanding”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HušíH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂us-íh₁ ~ *h₂ṓwsih₁. Cognate with Hindi होश (hoś), Latin auris, English ear.

Noun

হুঁশ • (hũś)

1. sense; consciousness; judgement; understanding; discretion; good sense; sensation

   Antonym: বেহুঁশ (behũś)

   কিন্তু নেশা তখনও হুঁশের গোড়া ধরে টান মারতে পারেনি

   kintu neśa tôkhôno hũśer goṛa dhore ṭan marte pareni

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   - Shawkat Osman

2. caution; cautiousness

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “হুঁশ” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “হুঁশ, হুঁস, হুশ, হোশ” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh