See also: চৰ্বি

Bengali edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian چربی (čarbī). Cognate with Assamese চৰ্বি (sorbi), Odia ଚର୍ବି (côrbi), Hindi चरबी (carbī), Kannada ಚರ್ಬಿ (carbi). Doublet of সর্পি (śorpi) and সালফার (śalphar).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /tʃoɾbi/, [ˈtʃoɾbiˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /tɕoɹbi/, [ˈtɕoɹbiˑ]
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Noun edit

চর্বি (corbi)

  1. fat