এঁড়ে
Bengali edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Syncopal and umlauted form of earlier আঁইড়া (ãiṛa), itself metathesised from earlier আঁড়িয়া (ãṛiẏa, literally “testicle-having”), from আঁড় (ãṛ, “testicle”) + -ইয়া (-iẏa). The "obstinate" sense came from the apparent stubbornness of a bull (compare English bull-headed).
Noun edit
এঁড়ে • (ẽṛe)
Adjective edit
এঁড়ে • (ẽṛe) (comparative আরও এঁড়ে, superlative সবচেয়ে এঁড়ে)
- male (animal)
- (figurative, by extension) obstinate
References edit
- Accessible Dictionary, “এঁড়ে” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
- Accessible Dictionary, “এঁড়ে” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh