হালকা
Bengali edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀳𑀮𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓 (halukka), from 𑀳𑀮𑀼 (halu) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓𑁆𑀓- (-kka-), metathesized from 𑀮𑀳𑀼 (lahu),[1] from Sanskrit लघु (laghu, “light, swift”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hlagʰúš, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ln̥gʰus. Cognate with Odia ହାଳୁକା (haḷuka), Maithili हलुक (haluk), Bhojpuri हलुक (haluk), Gujarati હલ્કું (halkũ), Nepali हलुको (haluko), Hindi हलुका (halukā), हल्का (halkā), Punjabi ਹਲ੍ਕਾ (halkā), Sindhi هلکو (halko), Marathi हल्का (halkā), हळ्का (haḷkā), and distantly, Latin levis, English light. Doublet of লঘু (loghu), a tatsama.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
হালকা • (halka) (comparative আরও হালকা, superlative সবচেয়ে হালকা)
- light
- Antonym: ভারী (bhari)
- easy
- unimportant
- mild
References edit
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “laghú”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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