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sphinx meaning in Bengali

স্ফিংক্স

/ˈsfɪŋks/

sphinx in Bengali: স্ফিংক্স, স্ফিন্ক্স. In English, sphinx means a creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal, commonly a lion.

Bengali words for sphinx

স্ফিংক্স, স্ফিন্ক্স

English meaning of sphinx

  1. noun A creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal, commonly a lion.
  2. noun A person who keeps their thoughts and intentions secret; an enigmatic or impassive person.
  3. noun A mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx), formerly classified as a baboon, and called sphinx baboon.
  4. noun A sphinx moth.

Full definition of sphinx

sphinx in a sentence

  • a marble sphinxed chimney-piece
  • A hot lion with a very bloated stomach … will adopt either a sphinxed or a squatting posture which takes some of the weight off its belly.
  • Several animals maintained either a crouched … or a sphinxing posture (abdomen on the floor)

Synonyms of sphinx

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Questions about sphinx in Bengali

What is the meaning of sphinx in Bengali?
Sphinx in Bengali is স্ফিংক্স, স্ফিন্ক্স.
sphinx এর বাংলা অর্থ কী?
Sphinx: স্ফিংক্স, স্ফিন্ক্স.
What does sphinx mean in English?
Sphinx means a creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal, commonly a lion.

Source and license

Bengali words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “sphinx”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: sphinx (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Bengali words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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