কেবল

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit কেৱল (kevala). Compare Assamese কেবল (kebol), Odia କେବଳ (kebôḷô), Hindustani کیول / केवल (keval).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /kebol/, [ˈkebol]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /kebol/, [ˈkebol]

Adjective

কেবল • (kebol)

1. (theology, philosophy) only, sole, absolute

   Synonyms: মাত্র (matro), শুধু (śudhu)

2. pure, unsullied

   Synonym: শুধু (śudhu)

3. unchanging

Adverb

কেবল • (kebol)

1. just, just now
2. incessantly

Derived terms

• কেবলই (keboloi)

 

References

• Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “কেবল”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
• Accessible Dictionary, Bengali-English, কেবল, Government of Bangladesh