folklore

noun/ˈfəʊklɔːr/CEFR C1

লোককাহিনি, লোকসংস্কৃতি

Meaning

The traditional stories, beliefs, and customs of a community.

Example sentences

  • Bengali folklore is full of clever animals.বাংলা লোককাহিনি চতুর প্রাণীতে ভরা।
  • These songs come from local folklore.এই গানগুলো স্থানীয় লোকসংস্কৃতি থেকে এসেছে।

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonyms: legends

Other English words for “লোককাহিনি, লোকসংস্কৃতি”

  • folktale

    A traditional story passed down among ordinary people through generations.

“folklore” elsewhere on EnglishBD

  • Probably not directly. The term came from trolling, a way of fishing in which a baited line is dragged slowly behind a boat to see what bites — which describes the behaviour exactly. The folklore creature no doubt helped the name stick.

    goblin — dictionary →

  • The idea reached film from Haitian folklore, where a zombi was a person robbed of will and made to labour — a figure whose meaning is inseparable from the history of slavery on the island. Computing borrowed the word too: a zombie is a machine quietly taken over and used remotely without its owner's knowledge.

    zombie — dictionary →

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  1. “folklore” — এর বাংলা অর্থ কোনটি?

    • • টেলিফোনে আড়ি পাতার ব্যবস্থা বা যন্ত্র, যন্ত্র
    • • কলমের রিফিল, কালিভরা ভেতরের নল
    • • লোককাহিনি, লোকসংস্কৃতি
    • • জম্বি, জীবন্ত মৃতদেহ
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    লোককাহিনি, লোকসংস্কৃতি — folklore (noun) — লোককাহিনি, লোকসংস্কৃতি. The traditional stories, beliefs, and customs of a community.

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