খেশ

Bengali

Alternative forms

• খেস (khes) — uncommon

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خویش (xʷēš, “own”) from Middle Persian NPŠE / 𐭭𐭯𐭱𐭤 (xwēš), a compound from Proto-Iranian *hwaypaθyah, with the phonetic change resulting in unattested but assumed Middle Persian *xwēbš > xwēš. The first element of the compound is akin to Old Persian [script needed] (huva), from Proto-Iranian *hwá, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swá (“reflexive pronoun”), from Proto-Indo-European *swé. Compare Bengali খোদ (khōd, “self”).

Noun

খেশ • (kheś) (objective খেশ (kheś) or খেশকে (kheśoke), genitive খেশের (kheśer), locative খেশে (kheśe))

1. one's own, kith and kin

   আর তার ভাই বন্ধু যত ছিল খেস

   ar tar bhai bôndhu jôtô chilô kheś

   And his brothers and friends, as many kith and kin that were

   - Syed Hamza

   Synonyms: কুটুম (kuṭum), এগানা (egana), রিশতাদার (riśtadar)

Related terms

• খেশী (kheśī)
• খেশী দরবেশী (kheśī dôrbeśī)
• খেশ কুটুম (kheś kuṭum)
• কুটুম খেশ (kuṭum kheś)

References

• Pokorny 992
• Accessible Dictionary, “খেশ” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “খেশ” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh