আসর

Bengali

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian عَصْر (asr).

Alternative forms

• আছর (achor /⁠asor⁠/)

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /asoɾ/, [ˈasoɾ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /asoɹ/, [ˈasoɹ]

Noun

আসর • (aśor)

1. afternoon
2. (Islam) asr, the third of the five daily prayers

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic عَشْر (ʕašr, literally “ten”), hence "gathering of ten or more individuals".

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /aʃoɾ/, [ˈaʃoɾ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /aʃoɹ/, [ˈaʃoɹ]

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Noun

আসর • (aśor)

1. gathering; meeting; party

Derived terms

• আসর গরম করা (aśor gorom kora)
• আসর গুলজার করা (aśor gulojar kora)
• আসর জাঁকানো (aśor jãkanō)
• আসর সরগরম করা (aśor śorgorom kora)
• আসরে নামা (aśore nama)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Arabic أَثَر (ʔaṯar).

Alternative forms

• আছর (achor)

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /asoɾ/, [ˈasoɾ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /asoɹ/, [ˈasoɹ]

Noun

আসর • (aśor)

1. effect; influence; possession

   জিনের আসর থাকলে ওঝা আনতে হবে।

   jiner aśor thakole ōjha anote hobe.

   In case of a jinn possession, an exorcist must be brought.

2. trace; mark

References

• Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “আসর”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia