পায়রা

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A metathesized inheritance from Magadhi Prakrit *𑀧𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀬 (*pārāya), from Sanskrit पारावत (pārāvata, remote, distant), a compound of परा (parā, distant) + -वत् (-vat).[1] Cognate with Kamta পাৰো (parü), Sylheti ꠙꠣꠞꠧ (faro), Assamese পাৰোৱা (parüa), Odia ପାରା (para), Nepali परेवा (parewā).

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পায়রা (payra)

  1. pigeon, domestic pigeon

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References edit

  1. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “পায়রা”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 620.