• Bengali Word ঘর English definition (noun) 1 an abode; a dwelling; a house; a home. 2 a room; an apartment: পড়ার ঘর. 3 a Hindu temple: ঠাকুর ঘর. 4 domestic life; household : ঘর করা. 5 family: এক ঘর জেলে. 6 a line of ancestors; lineage; pedigree: উচ্চ ঘর. 7 a column of an account book: জমার ঘর. খরচের ঘর. 8 a button-hole: বোতামের ঘর. 9 an office: ডাক ঘর. 10 a groove; a pocket : ছাপার টাইপের ঘর. ঘর আলো করা (figurative) bring joy, happiness or pride to a family. ঘরকন্না (noun) (of a woman) housekeeping; the duties of a housewife; housewifery. ঘরকন্না করা (verb transitive) keep house ; manage household affairs; run a house. ঘর করা (verb transitive) 1 build a house. 2 (of a woman) play the part of a housewife or mistress of one’s husband’s house. ঘর কাটা (verb transitive) draw columns, squares, etc on a piece of paper. ঘর-কাটা (adjective) divided into columns or separate spaces. ঘরকুনো (adjective) 1 one who is shy of outdoor activities. 2 not social; not caring to mix with one’s fellows. ঘরকুনোমি (noun) home-keeping. ঘর খরচ (noun) household expenses; maintenance cost of a family. ঘর খোঁজা (verb transitive) look for a suitable family for matrimonial alliance. ঘর-গড়া (adjective) home-made. ঘর গড়া (verb transitive) 1 construct a house. 2 get married and settle as a householder. 3 equip and embellish a house with all necessaries after one’s heart. ঘর গুষ্ঠি (noun) all the members of a family. ঘর ঘর (adverb) in every household; from house to house; from door to door. ঘর-ঘেঁসা (adjective) devoted to one’s household. ঘর ছাড়া (verb transitive) renounce one’s hearth and home; abjure worldly life; take to asceticism. ঘরছাড়া (adjective) one who has renounced worldly life and has taken to asceticism. ঘরজামাই (noun) person who puts up with his father-in-Iaw’s family. ঘরজোড়া (adjective) 1 occupying the whole room/ house: ঘর জোড়া গালিচা. 2 that which adds to the beauty of the house: ঘর জোড়া নাতিনাতনী. ঘর জ্বালানো (verb transitive) 1 set fire to a house. 2 (figurative) poison the mutual relationship in a family; make a home unquiet. ঘরজ্বালানে (adjective) one who is at the root of unhappiness of a family. ঘরজ্বালানী (feminine) = ঘরজ্বালানে. ঘর তোলা (verb transitive) 1 construct a house. 2 make a knitting design. ঘর নষ্ট করা vi 1 destroy the happiness of a family. 2 do something that brings dishonour to a family. 3 marry in or give one in marriage to a lower family. ঘর পর (noun) one’s own people and others. ঘর পাওয়া (verb transitive) get a suitable bride or bridegroom from a good family. ঘর পাতা (verb transitive) be settled in family life. ঘর-পোড়া (adjective) 1 one whose dwelling has been burnt down. 2 one who has gathered experience from the burning of a cowshed: ঘর পোড়া গরু. (noun) the Ramayana character Hanumana who burnt down houses in Lanka. ঘর পোড়া গরু সিঁদুরে মেঘ দেখে ডরায় (literally) a cow that has the experience of a conflagration dreads red clouds in the evening sky (prov); once bitten, twice shy; a scolded dog fears cold water; a burnt child dreads the fire. ঘর-পোষা (adjective) domesticated; tame. ঘর বর (noun) one’s husband and his family; ঘর বাঁধা (verb transitive) build a house; settle down (at a place). ঘর বার করা (verb transitive) go out of doors and come indoors repeatedly in one’s anxiety for someone. ঘর ভাঙ্গা / ঘর ভাঙা (verb transitive) 1 pull down a house. 2 break up a family. 3 cause dissension in a family. ঘরভাঙ্গানে (adjective) one who causes dissension in a family ঘরভাঙ্গানি (feminine) = ঘরভাঙ্গানে. ঘরমুখো (adjective) 1 eager to go home; home-sick. 2 homeward. ঘর-সংসার (noun) household life/ affairs. ঘর-সংসার করা (verb transitive) live with one‘s husband/ wife; live the life of a householder/ housewife. ঘরে আগুন দেওয়া = ঘর জ্বালানো. ঘরে পরে (adverb) 1 everywhere out of doors and within; at home and abroad. 2 irrespective of friend and foe. ঘরের কথা (noun) internal secret of a family or party. ঘরের শত্রু (noun) one who betrays his own people; an internal enemy; a fifth columnist; a traitor; a quisling.