গামছা
Bengali edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Syncopated from earlier গামোছা (gamōcha, “body wiper”), from গা (ga) + মোছা (mōcha). Cognate with Sylheti ꠉꠣꠝ꠆ꠍꠣ (gamsá) and Assamese গামোচা (gamüsa). Compare রুমাল (rumal), with similar semantics and etymology.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
গামছা • (gamocha)
Descendants edit
- → Hindi: गमछा (gamchā)
References edit
- Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 334