সর্বোত্তম

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit সর্বউত্তম (sarbaüttama). By surface analysis, সর্ব (śorbo, “all”) +‎ উত্তম (uttom, “good”). Compare Hindi सर्वोत्तम (sarvottam).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ʃɔɾbot̪ːɔm/, [ˈʃɔɾbot̪ːɔm]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ʃɔɹbot̪ːɔm/, [ˈʃɔɹbot̪ːɔm]

Adjective

সর্বোত্তম • (śorbōttom)

1. best, most excellent

References

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