সন্ধ্যা

What does সন্ধ্যা mean?

সন্ধ্যা (shondha) is a Bangla noun that means evening, dusk in English. শুভ সন্ধ্যা (shubho shondha) means "good evening".

How do you say “evening” in Bangla?

Say সন্ধ্যা, pronounced shondha. 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.