myth

noun/mɪθ/CEFR B1

পুরাণকথা, মিথ

Meaning

A traditional story about gods, heroes or the distant past, often explaining how things began.

Example sentences

Every culture has its own creation myth.প্রতিটি সংস্কৃতির নিজস্ব সৃষ্টিপুরাণ আছে।
The story of the river goddess is an old myth.নদীদেবীর গল্পটি একটি পুরনো মিথ।

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonyms: legend

Antonyms: fact

Similar words, and what each means

legend
কিংবদন্তি
A famous old story that may be partly true, or a very famous and admired person.
superstition
কুসংস্কার
A belief that certain actions or objects bring good or bad luck, without any logical basis.

Opposite words

fact
তথ্য, বাস্তব সত্য
Something that is true and can be proven.

Word family

Words built on the same root. Learning them together is faster than learning them apart.

mythicaladjectiveপৌরাণিক, কাল্পনিক

“myth” elsewhere on EnglishBD

The poem makes an allusion to a Greek myth.
allusion — dictionary →

Where this word is used

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“myth” — এর বাংলা অর্থ কোনটি?
- • ঘুরন্ত দোলনা-রাইড
- • হঠাৎ বাতাস ঢুকে আগুনের বিস্ফোরণ
- • জলাধার; সঞ্চিত ভান্ডার
- • পুরাণকথা, মিথ
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পুরাণকথা, মিথ — myth (noun) — পুরাণকথা, মিথ. A traditional story about gods, heroes or the distant past, often explaining how things began.
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legend — legend — কিংবদন্তি. A famous old story that may be partly true, or a very famous and admired person.

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