গামছা

Bengali

Alternative forms

• গামোছা (gamōcha), গামুছা (gamucha)

Etymology

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

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ɡamt͡ʃʰa/, [ɡamt͡ʃʰaˑ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ɡamtɕʰa/, [ɡamtɕʰaˑ]

Noun

গামছা • (gamocha)

1. towel

   Synonyms: রুমাল (rumal), তোয়ালে (tōẇale)

Descendants

• → Hindi: गमछा (gamchā)

References

• Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 334