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হলব

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Bengali

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic حَلَب (ḥalab), perhaps from the root ح ل ب, coming from the ancient tradition that Abraham gave milk to travellers as they moved throughout the region.

Proper noun

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হলব (holob) (objective হলব (holob) or হলবকে (holboke), genitive হলবের (holber), locative হলবে (holbe))

  1. Aleppo (the capital city of Aleppo governorate, Syria)
    হলব ছাড়িয়া পুনঃ গেল হামি দেশে
    hôlôb chaṛiẏa punôḥ gelô hami deśe
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    - Āmbiyābāṇī (1758) by Heyat Mahmud

Derived terms

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