-নবিস

See also: নবিস

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (nawīs), stem of (nawištan, “to write”). Compare Hindi -नवीस (-navīs) and Punjabi -ਨਵੀਸ (-navīs).

Pronunciation

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /nobiʃ/, [ˈnobiʃ]

(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /nobiʃ/, [ˈnobiʃ]

Suffix

-নবিস • (-nobiś) m

agentive suffix indicating someone who writes or draws.
‎নকশা (nokśa, “map”) + ‎-নবিস (-nobiś) → ‎নকশানবিস (nokśanbiś, “mapmaker”)

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