যেন

From Early Assamese যেন (jeno), borrowed from Sanskrit: येन (yena), the instrumental singular of यद् (yad).

• IPA^(key): /zɛn/

যেন • (zen)

1. as, like
2. as if

Inherited from Middle Bengali জেহেন, জেহ্ন (jeheno, jehno).

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒæno/, [ˈd͡ʒænoˑ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /dʑæno/, [ˈdʑænoˑ]
• (Vanga) IPA^(key): /d̪zɛnɔ/, [ˈd̪zɛnɔˑ], [ˈzɛnɔˑ], /d̪zɛn/, [ˈd̪zɛn], [ˈzɛn]

যেন • (jeno)

1. as, like
2. how, as if
3. so that
4. be sure that

   আর দেখ, বাড়ির ভিতর নিয়ে যাস না যেন

   ar dekh, baṛir bhitor niẏe jaś na jen

   And look, be sure that you don't take it into the house.

5. certainly
6. suppose that, given that

• Biswas, Sailendra (2000), “যেন”, in Samsad Bengali-English dictionary, 3^rd edition, Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad, →OCLC.

যেন (m)

1. Bengali script form of yena, which is instrumental singular of য (ya, “who (relative)”)

যেন (n)

1. Bengali script form of yena, which is instrumental singular of য (ya, “who (relative)”)

যেন

1. Bengali script form of yena, which is instrumental singular of য (ya, “the Pali letter 'y'”)