Where does “জ্বর” come from?

জ্বর (Bengali) comes from Sanskrit ज्वर, from Sanskrit ज्वर् — to be hot with fever or passion.

জ্বর (Bengali): fever

Definitions

  1. fever

Ancestry of “জ্বর”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritज्वरfever, feverish heat; heated, inflamed
2Sanskritज्वर्to be hot with fever or passion
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