ফজর

See also: ফরজ

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فجر (fajr), from Arabic فَجْر (fajr). Compare Hindustani فجر / फ़जर (fajar).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /fɔd͡ʒoɾ/, [ˈfɔd͡ʒoɾ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /fɔdʑoɹ/, [ˈfɔdʑoɹ]

Noun

ফজর • (phojor) (objective ফজর (phojor) or ফজরকে (phojroke), genitive ফজরের (phojrer), locative ফজরে (phojre))

1. dawn, daybreak

   ফজর তো হল এখন ছোটহাজরির জন্যে একটা গাঙ্গ ফড়িং পেলে হয় ভালো

   phojor to holo ekhon choṭohajrir jonye ekṭa gaṅg phoṛiṅ pele hoẏ bhalō

   The dawn has come, now it would be good to get a grasshopper for breakfast

   - Abanindranath Tagore

2. (Islam) fajr, the first of the five daily prayers

   আওয়াল ওক্তে ফজরের নামাজ

   aōẇal ōkte phojorer namaj

   In the first prayer-time, it is the namaz of fajr

   - Abul Mansur Ahmed

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “ফজর” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh