Bengali

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कूल (kūla, declivity, shore).

Noun

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কূল (kul)

  1. bank, shore, coast
    কী আঁচল বিছায়েছ বটের মূলে, নদী কূলে কূলে।
    ki ãcol bichaẏech boṭer mule, nodir kule kule.
    What a quilt you have spread out at the feet of banyans, along every river bank.
    Rabindranath Tagore
  2. border, edge
  3. end, boundary, limit

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