ভাইরাস

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from English virus, from Latin vīrus (“poison”), from Proto-Italic *weizos with rhotacism, from Proto-Indo-European *wisós (“poison”), whence also বিষ (biś).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /bʱai̯ɾas/, [ˈbʱai̯ɾas], [ˈvai̯ɾas]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /bʱai̯ɹas/, [ˈbʱai̯ɹas], [ˈvai̯ɹas]

Noun

ভাইরাস • (bhairaś)

1. (biology, medicine) virus (a submicroscopic, non-cellular structure, which often causes disease in the host organism)
2. (computing) computer virus (a type of malware which can covertly transmit itself between computers, often causing damage to systems and data)