Bengali edit

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Etymology edit

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀘𑀁𑀙𑀇 (caṃchaï), nasalized from 𑀘𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀇 (cacchaï), assimilated from earlier 𑀢𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀇 (tacchaï, to scrape, peel, cut), from Sanskrit तक्षति (takṣati, to form by cutting, chisel, hew), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *táṭṣati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *táćšati, from Proto-Indo-European *tḗtḱ-ti ~ *tétḱ-n̥ti (to create, produce; to cut, hew), athematic reduplication of *teḱ- (to sire, beget). Cognate with Assamese চাঁচিব (sãsibo), Odia ତାଁଛିବା (tãchiba), ଚାଁଛିବା (cãchiba), ଛାଁଛିବା (chãchiba), Bhojpuri चाँछल (cā̃chal), Hindi चाँछना (cā̃chnā), and distantly English text, techno- and Serbo-Croatian tesla.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /tʃãtʃʰa/, [ˈtʃãtʃʰaˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /tɕatɕʰa/, [ˈtɕatɕʰaˑ]

Verb edit

চাঁছা (cãcha)

  1. to scrape

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Derived terms edit

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