প্রায়
Bengali edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रायः (prāyaḥ, “mostly”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *praHyas, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-yōs (“more”), comparative degree of *pelh₁us (“much”).[1] Cognate with Latin plūs (whence English plus). Doublet of পুরা (pura), পুরো (purō), পূরণ (puron), and পূর্ণ (purno).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
প্রায় • (praẏ)
References edit
- ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 3