শরম

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شرم (šarm).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ʃɔɾom/, [ˈʃɔɾom]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ʃɔɹom/, [ˈʃɔɹom]
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Noun

শরম • (śorom)

  1. shame
    শরমে সরমা সই মরিলা
    śorome śoroma śoi morila
    My shy sweetheart, you die from shame
    - Michael Madhusudan Dutt
    Synonym: হায়া (haẏa)

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