আফতাব

আফতাব

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آفتاب‎ (“sunlight”), which is from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾptʾb /āftāb/, “sunshine”) (compare [Psalter Pahlavi needed] (ʾpdʾb /ābdāb/)), from Proto-Iranian *abi-tāpáh; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tep- (“to heat, to be warm”).[1] Doublet of তাপ (tap). Cognate with Uyghur ئاپتاپ‎ (aptap) and Yagnobi офтоб (oftob).

Noun

আফতাব • (aphôtabô) (objective আফতাব or আফতাবকে, genitive আফতাবের, locative আফতাবে)

1. (Dobhashi) the sun.

   Synonym: সূর্য (sūrĵô)

   আফতাব ঘোরে মাথার উপরে মাহতাব ফেলে দাগ

   aphtab ghore mathar upôre mahtab phele dag

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   - Farrukh Ahmad

2. (Dobhashi) sunlight, sunshine

   Coordinate term: মাহতাব (mahôtabô)

3. a male given name from Persian

Derived terms

• আফতাবা (aphtaba)
• আফতাবী (aphtabī)

Noun

আফতাব • (aphôtabô) (objective আফতাব or আফতাবকে, genitive আফতাবের, locative আফতাবে)

1. Alternative form of আফতাবা (aphtaba)

   মোগল তসবিরের গাড়ু বদনার সমন্বয়আফতাবে

   mogôl tôsbirer gaṛu bôdnar sômônẇôẏ aphtabe

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   - Syed Mujtaba Ali

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “আফতাব” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “আফতাব” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh

1. Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*tap”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN