ঝিঙা
Bengali
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editCorruption of Sanskrit ঝিঙ্গাক (jhiṅgāka), borrowed from Proto-Munda *ʤʰiŋgaː[1] Cognate with Assamese জিকা (zika).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editঝিঙা • (jhiṅa)
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937) “ঝিঙা (ঞা), ঝিঙ্গা, ঝিঙ্গাক ( কু )”, in Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্লিশিং হাউস, page 887
- ^ Haughton, Graves C. (1833) “ঝিঙ্গা”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language[1], London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 1233