অকালবোধন
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Bengali[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- অকাল বোধন (okal bōdhon)
Etymology[edit]
Sanskritic tatpuruṣa compound of অকাল (okal) + বোধন (bōdhon).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Rarh) IPA(key): /ɔkalbod̪ʱɔn/, [ˈɔkalbod̪ʱɔn]
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- (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ɔkalbod̪ʱɔn/, [ˈɔkalbod̪ʱɔn]
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Noun[edit]
অকালবোধন • (okalbōdhon)
- untimely call or invocation
- (figurative) pursuing a work in undue time
- (Hinduism) untimely invocation of Goddess Durga, especially in the autumnal month of আশ্বিন (aśśin) when শারদীয় দুর্গাপূজা (śarodiẏo durgapuja, “autumnal worship of Durga”) is celebrated.
Related terms[edit]
- মহালয়া (mohaloẏa)
- বাসন্তী পূজা (baśonti puja)
- worship celebrated marking the ascertained invocation of Durga in বসন্ত (bośonto, “spring”)