Given name · Bengali
কুসুম
“flower; menstruation; fruit”
কুসুম (kuśum) is a feminine given name from Sanskrit, meaning “flower; menstruation; fruit.” It is used in Bengali.
BengaliWritten in Bengali script. In English: kuśum.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Sanskrit कुसुम (“flower; menstruation; fruit”), from Sanskrit कुसुम्भ (“safflower”).
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কুসুম’s family of names
In Bengali usage, কুসুম can be written in the Roman alphabet as kuśum. In Bengali usage, কুসুম has a related form in কু. In Bengali usage, কুসুম has a related form in কুউম.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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