পাপড়ি

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Old Bengali পাপডি (pāpaḍi), from Magadhi Prakrit *𑀧𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀟𑀺𑀓 (*pappaḍika), from *𑀧𑀧𑁆𑀧 (*pappa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-) + -𑀇𑀓- (-ika-), from Early Eastern Prakrit *𑀧𑀳𑁆𑀧 (*pahpa), from an even earlier 𑀧𑀔𑁆𑀫 (pakhma), from Vedic Sanskrit पक्ष्म (pakṣma, “eyelash”). Doublet of পক্ষ্ম (pokkho) and পশম (pośom, “wool”).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /papɽi/, [ˈpapɽiˑ], /papɾi/, [ˈpapɾiˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /papɹi/, [ˈpapɹiˑ]

Noun

পাপড়ি • (papṛi)

1. petal

   ফুলের পাপড়ি ― phuler papṛi ― flower petal