যেন

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit येन (yena), the instrumental singular of यद् (yad).

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /dʒæno/, [ˈdʒænoˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /dʑɛno/, [ˈdʑɛnoˑ]

Conjunction

যেন • (jeno)

  1. as, like
  2. how, as if
  3. so that
  4. be sure that
    আর দেখ, বাড়ির ভিতর নিয়ে যাস না যেন
    ar dekh, baṛir bhitor niẏe jaś na jen
    And look, be sure that you don't take it into the house.
  5. certainly
  6. suppose that, given that

References
  • Biswas, Sailendra (2000), “যেন”, in Samsad Bengali-English dictionary, 3rd edition, Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad, →OCLC.

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • yena (Latin script)
  • 𑀬𑁂𑀦 (Brahmi script)
  • येन (Devanagari script)
  • යෙන (Sinhalese script)
  • ယေန or ယေၼ (Burmese script)
  • เยน or เยนะ (Thai script)
  • ᨿᩮᨶ (Tai Tham script)
  • ເຍນ or ເຍນະ or ເຢນະ (Lao script)
  • យេន (Khmer script)
  • 𑄠𑄬𑄚 (Chakma script)

Pronoun

যেন (m)

  1. Bengali script form of yena, which is instrumental singular of য (ya, “who (relative)”)

Pronoun

যেন (n)

  1. Bengali script form of yena, which is instrumental singular of য (ya, “who (relative)”)

Noun

যেন

  1. Bengali script form of yena, which is instrumental singular of য (ya, “the Pali letter 'y'”)
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