আশুতোষ

আশুতোষ

Bengali

Etymology

Sanskrit आशुतोष (āśutoṣa), synchronically analyzable as আশু (aśu, “soon”) +‎ তোষ (toṣ, “pleasure, joy”).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʃutoʃ/

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Proper noun

আশুতোষ • (Aśutoṣ)

1. An appellation of Shiva (শিব (śib)).[1][2]
2. a male given name; see also Ashutosh

Adjective

আশুতোষ • (aśutoṣ)

1. quickly satisfied,[2] easily pleased[1]

References

1. Haughton, Graves C. (1833), “আশুতোষ”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language‎, London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 383
2. দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937), “~তোষ”, in Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্‌লিশিং হাউস, page 259