পুঙ্খানুপুঙ্খ

Bengali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Compound of পুঙ্খ (puṅkho) +‎ অনু (onu) +‎ পুঙ্খ (puṅkho), literally arrow after arrow, from Sanskrit पुङ्ख (puṅkha, feathered rear of an arrow) and अनु (anu, after); semantic shift from "continuous shooting of arrows" to "(any) continuous action" to "thorough (action)" (and from that, also "detailed").

Pronunciation

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  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /puŋkʰanupuŋkʰo/, [ˈpuŋkʰanupuŋkʰoˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /puŋkʰanupuŋkʰo/, [ˈpuŋkʰanupuŋkʰoˑ]

Adjective

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পুঙ্খানুপুঙ্খ (puṅkhanupuṅkho) (comparative আরও পুঙ্খানুপুঙ্খ, superlative সবচেয়ে পুঙ্খানুপুঙ্খ)

  1. thorough; attentive to minute details; minutely scrutinizing
  2. detailed
    পুঙ্খানুপুঙ্খ বর্ণনাpuṅkhanupuṅkho bornonadetailed depiction