man

noun/mæn/CEFR A1

পুরুষ, লোক

Meaning

An adult male person.

Example sentences

The man is driving a bus.লোকটি একটা বাস চালাচ্ছে।
He is a kind man.সে একজন দয়ালু মানুষ।

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonyms: gentleman

Antonyms: woman

Forms of “man”

Singular: man
Plural: men

Similar words, and what each means

gentleman
ভদ্রলোক
A polite and well-behaved man.
guy
লোক, ছেলে
A man. Informal. In the plural it can mean people of any gender.

Other English words for “পুরুষ, লোক”

generation
All the people in a family who are roughly the same age, or the average time between the birth of parents and their children.
guy
A man. Informal. In the plural it can mean people of any gender.
fellow
A man, in older or informal English, or someone in the same situation as you.

Opposite words

woman
নারী, মহিলা
An adult female person.

Idioms using “man”

A man of letters
পণ্ডিত ব্যক্তি, সাহিত্যিক
A man of straw
গুরুত্বহীন লোক, ঠুনকো মানুষ

“man” elsewhere on EnglishBD

A man should say 'my new clothes', or name the item — 'my new panjabi', 'my new shirt'.
English Idioms about Clothes →
The old man who runs the tea stall has a heart of gold.
English Idioms with the Word 'Heart' →
/æ/ (bad, man, cat) is made with the jaw open and the tongue low and forward — a wide, slightly long vowel.
Bad vs Bed: the Short a and Short e Sounds →

Where this word is used

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“man” — এর বাংলা অর্থ কোনটি?
- • টেলিগ্রাফ, তারবার্তা প্রেরণ ব্যবস্থা
- • নিশ্চয়তা, গ্যারান্টি
- • পুরুষ, লোক
- • বেলুনওয়ালা, বেলুন বিক্রেতা
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পুরুষ, লোক — man (noun) — পুরুষ, লোক. An adult male person.
Which word is closest in meaning to “man”?
- • ballast
- • regiment
- • gentleman
- • redemption
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gentleman — gentleman — ভদ্রলোক. A polite and well-behaved man.

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