জঘন্য

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जघन्य (jaghanya, “hindmost; lowest, vilest”), from जघन (jaghana, “buttocks, lower body parts”).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /dʒɔɡʱonːo/, [ˈdʒɔɡʱonːoˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /dʑɔɡʱonːo/, [ˈdʑɔɡʱonːoˑ]

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Adjective

জঘন্য • (joghonno) (comparative আরও জঘন্য, superlative সবচেয়ে জঘন্য)

1. abominable, hateful, repugnant
2. filthy, vile, mean
3. dirty, foul, nasty, heinous

   কি জঘন্য কাজ!

   ki joghonno kaj!

   What a heinous act!