পাঙ্গাশ

Bengali edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

A variant of পিঙ্গাশ (piṅgaś), which is ultimately from Sanskrit पिङ्ग (piṅga, “yellow, brown, tawny”), named such due to the yellow-colored tail of the fish.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation edit

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /paŋɡaʃ/, [ˈpaŋɡaʃ], /paŋaʃ/, [ˈpaŋaʃ]

(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /paŋɡaʃ/, [ˈpaŋɡaʃ], /paŋaʃ/, [ˈpaŋaʃ]

Noun edit

পাঙ্গাশ • (paṅgaś)

Pangasius pangasius, the yellow-tailed shark catfish
(broadly) the genus Pangasius

Descendants edit

→ Translingual: Pangasius
- ⇒ English: panga

References edit

^ Haughton, Graves C. (1833) A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language‎^[1], London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 1700
^ দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1916) বাঙ্গলা ভাষার অভিধান (in Bengali), ইণ্ডিয়ান প্রেস & ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্‌লিশিং হাউস্, pages 962, 980

[gch-1] Haughton, Graves C. (1833) A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language‎^[1], London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 1700

[jd-2] দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1916) বাঙ্গলা ভাষার অভিধান (in Bengali), ইণ্ডিয়ান প্রেস & ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্‌লিশিং হাউস্, pages 962, 980

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