Bengali[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Persian نویس (nawīs), stem of نوشتن (nawištan, “to write”). Compare Hindi -नवीस (-navīs) and Punjabi -ਨਵੀਸ (-navīs).
Pronunciation[edit]
-নবিস • (-nobiś) m
- agentive suffix indicating someone who writes or draws.
- নকশা (nokśa, “map”) + -নবিস (-nobiś) → নকশানবিস (nokśanbiś, “mapmaker”)