Bengali edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit গচ্ছ (gaccha).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ɡatʃʰ/, [ɡatʃ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ɡatɕʰ/, [ɡatɕ]
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  • (Vanga) IPA(key): /ɡas/, [ɡas], [ɡas]

Noun edit

গাছ (gach)

  1. tree
    Synonym: বৃক্ষ (brikkho)
  2. plant
    Synonym: উদ্ভিদ (udbhid)

Early Assamese edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit গচ্ছ (gaccha).

Noun edit

গাছ (gacho)

  1. plant, tree
    আগত কুমাৰ দুই গুহ ভৈলা পাছ
    দেখাইলা দুইহাঙ্কো নিয়া ইঙ্গুদি গাছ
    agoto kumaro dui guho bhoila pacho ,
    dekhaila duihaṅkö niya iṅgudiro gacho .
    Kumara was in front and the two Guha were behind,
    (Kumara) showed the two a tree of sarcostigma kleinii.

Descendants edit

  • Assamese: গছ (gos), গাছ (gas)