খুব

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Bengali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian خوب (xūb), from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭡 (hwp /⁠xūb⁠⁠/), from Old Persian [script needed] (*ʰuvāpa), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *HhuHā́pah (good (in works); artistic; well created), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HsuHápas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁su-h₃ép-os (good work). Cognate with Hindustani خوب (xob) / ख़ूब (xūb), Marathi खूप (khūp), Punjabi ਖ਼ੂਬ (xūb).

Pronunciation

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  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /kʰub/, [ˈkʰuːb], [ˈkʰub]
    Audio:(file)
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /kʰub/, [ˈkʰuːb], [ˈkʰub]

Adverb

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খুব (khub)

  1. very
    বাহিরে খুব গরম
    bahire khub gorom
    It is very hot outside

References

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  • Accessible Dictionary, [1] Government of Bangladesh
  • Accessible Dictionary, [2] Government of Bangladesh