কিপটা
Bengali
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editSemi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit कृपण (kṛpaṇa, “miserable”), with semantic shift comparable to that of English miser, as misers were thought to be miserable in life.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editকিপটা • (kipṭa) (comparative আরও কিপটা, superlative সবচেয়ে কিপটা)
Derived terms
edit- কিপটুস (kipṭuś)
References
edit- Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language[1], volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 527