চুম্বক

Assamese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit चुम्बक (cumbaka, “kisser”), from चुम्ब् (cumb, “to kiss”, root) +‎ -क (-ka, “doer”).

Noun

চুম্বক • (sumbok)

1. magnet

Synonyms

• অয়স্কান্ত (oyoskanto)

References

• “চুম্বক”, in Candrakānta abhidhāna: Asamīyā śabdara butpatti āru udāharaṇere Asamīyā-Ingrājī dui bhashara artha thakā abhidhāna [Comprehensive dictionary of the Assamese language with etymology and illustrations of words with their meanings in Assamese and English], 2^nd edition, Guwahati: Gauhati University, 1962, →OCLC.
• “চুম্বক”, in xobdo.org, 2006-2024.

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit चुम्बक (cumbaka, “kisser”), from चुम्ब् (cumb, “to kiss”, root) +‎ -क (-ka, “doer”).

Noun

চুম্বক • (cumbok)

1. magnet

Synonyms

• অয়স্কান্ত (oẏoskanto)

References

• Bhaṭṭācārya, Subhāsha (2003) “চুম্বক”, in Saṁsada Bāṁlā uccāraṇa abhidhāna, 2^nd edition, Kalikata: Sāhitya Saṃsada, →OCLC.
• Biswas, Sailendra (2000) “চুম্বক”, in Samsad Bengali-English dictionary, 3^rd edition, Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad, →OCLC.