এখন

What does এখন mean?

এখন (ekhon) is a Bangla adverb that means now in English.

This temporal adverb means 'now' or 'at present', pointing directly to the current point in time. It frequently takes particles and postpositions, such as এখনই (ekhoni) for 'right now' or এখন থেকে (ekhon theke) for 'from now on'. A vital learner application is inquiring about the time, where standard Bangladeshi usage always opens with this word in এখন কয়টা বাজে? (ekhon koyta baje?).

How do you say “now” in Bangla?

Say এখন, pronounced ekhon. Press play to hear a native Bangladeshi voice say it.

Pronunciation tips

• It has a breathy consonant (bh, chh, dh, kh, th): say it with a small puff of air, as if a soft h follows.

These sounds have no exact English match. Practise them letter by letter in the Bengali alphabet guide.