কানা

Bengali

Alternative forms

• কাণা (kana)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit काण (kāṇa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from an extended form of Proto-Dravidian *kāṇ- (“to see”). Cognate with Hindi काना (kānā).

Adjective

কানা • (kana) (comparative আরও কানা, superlative সবচেয়ে কানা)

1. blind

   কানা বগীর ছা।

   kana bogir cha.

   The chick of the blind heron.

   –Khan Mohammad Moinuddin

2. holed and useless

Derived terms

• কানামাছি (kanamachi)

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “কানা” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “কানা” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh