Significado
Getting nothing in return for effort.
Contexto cultural
In Kolkata, this phrase is often used with a specific hand gesture—showing the thumb—which is also known as 'Kanchkola dekhano'. It's a sign of playful defiance. In Bangladeshi academic culture, 'Oshtorombha' is frequently used in student politics and campus life to mock the empty promises of student leaders. Satirical writers like Sukumar Ray and Shibram Chakraborty often used such idioms to highlight the absurdity of the middle-class struggle. Parents often use this sarcastically when a child asks for an expensive toy after performing poorly in school.
Use for Sarcasm
It's most effective when you want to be funny about a bad situation.
Not for Fruit Shops
Don't ask a fruit seller for 'Oshtorombha'; they will think you are joking or crazy.
Significado
Getting nothing in return for effort.
Use for Sarcasm
It's most effective when you want to be funny about a bad situation.
Not for Fruit Shops
Don't ask a fruit seller for 'Oshtorombha'; they will think you are joking or crazy.
Pair with 'Jotla'
Using the verb 'জুটল' (jutlo) makes you sound very native and slightly frustrated.
Teste-se
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the idiom.
সারা মাস কাজ করলাম, কিন্তু মাস শেষে বেতন হিসেবে পেলাম ______।
The sentence implies disappointment ('but at the end of the month'), so 'Oshtorombha' (nothing) is the correct idiomatic fit.
Which situation best fits the use of 'অষ্টরম্ভা'?
Which of these is a correct use?
Oshtorombha is used for failure or getting nothing after effort.
Complete the dialogue.
রহিম: লটারিতে কী জিতলে? করিম: ______।
The second part of the sentence confirms that he got no money, which matches the idiom.
Match the idiom with its meaning.
Match the following:
While similar, these have slight nuances in usage.
🎉 Pontuação: /4
Recursos visuais
Banco de exercicios
4 exerciciosসারা মাস কাজ করলাম, কিন্তু মাস শেষে বেতন হিসেবে পেলাম ______।
The sentence implies disappointment ('but at the end of the month'), so 'Oshtorombha' (nothing) is the correct idiomatic fit.
Which of these is a correct use?
Oshtorombha is used for failure or getting nothing after effort.
রহিম: লটারিতে কী জিতলে? করিম: ______।
The second part of the sentence confirms that he got no money, which matches the idiom.
Combine cada item a esquerda com seu par a direita:
While similar, these have slight nuances in usage.
🎉 Pontuação: /4
Perguntas frequentes
10 perguntasYes, 'Ashta' is 8 and 'Rambha' is an old word for banana, but nobody uses it literally anymore.
Not necessarily rude, but it is very informal and sarcastic. Don't use it with your boss.
No, you use it for results or outcomes. You don't call a person an 'Oshtorombha'.
'Golla' is specifically for a zero score in a test. 'Oshtorombha' is broader.
No, it is almost always negative or sarcastic.
Yes, it is widely understood and used in both regions.
Commonly written as 'Oshtorombha' or 'Ashtarambha'.
No, 'Kola' is the common word. 'Rambha' is very formal/Sanskritized.
Yes, it means you gave him nothing or failed to help him.
There isn't a single idiom, but 'সাফল্য' (success) or 'বিরাট জয়' (big win) works.
Frases relacionadas
কাঁচকলা দেখানো
synonymTo show someone a green plantain (meaning 'nothing').
গোল্লা পাওয়া
similarTo get a zero.
ডুমুরের ফুল
contrastSomething very rare (literally a fig flower).
পণ্ডশ্রম
builds onWasted labor.
