হিম

হিম

Assamese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit हिम (himá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦim/

Noun

হিম • (him)

1. frost, dew, snow

References

• “হিম”, in Candrakānta abhidhāna: Asamīyā śabdara butpatti āru udāharaṇere Asamīyā-Ingrājī dui bhashara artha thakā abhidhāna [Comprehensive dictionary of the Assamese language with etymology and illustrations of words with their meanings in Assamese and English], 2^nd edition, Guwahati: Gauhati University, 1962, OCLC 13885999, page 912.
• “হিম”, in xobdo.org, 2006-2023.

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Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit हिम (hima).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦim/, [ɦiːm]

Noun

হিম • (him) (literary)

1. winter
2. coldness, cold
3. snow; frost; dew

Related terms

• হিমবাহ (him(ô)bahô)
• হিমশীতল (himśītôl)
• হিমশৈল (him(ô)śôilô)
• হিমসাগর (himsagôr)
• হিমাগম (himagôm)
• হিমাগার (himagar)
• হিমাঙ্গ (himaṅgô)
• হিমাচল (himacôl)
• হিমাদ্রি (himadri)
• হিমালয় (himalôy)
• হিমায়িত (himaẏitô)
• হিমাংশু (himaṅśu)
• হিমেল (himel)
• হৈম (hoimô)

Adjective

হিম • (him) (literary)

1. cool, cold

References

• Dāsa, Jñānendramohana (1937-1938), “হিম”, in Bāṅgālā bhāshāra abhidhāna (in Bengali), 2^nd edition, Kalikata: Indian Publishing House, OCLC 229483469, page 2158.
• Bhaṭṭācārya, Subhāsha (2003), “হিম”, in Saṁsada Bāṁlā uccāraṇa abhidhāna, 2^nd edition, Kalikata: Sāhitya Saṃsada, OCLC 57519952, page 408.
• Biswas, Sailendra (2000), “হিম”, in Samsad Bengali-English dictionary, 3^rd edition, Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad, OCLC 417665119, page 1058.