টাংকি

Bengali

Alternative forms

• ট্যাংকি (ṭêṅki)

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese tanque, from Gujarati ટાંકી (ṭā̃kī, “cistern, underground water reservour”), from Prakrit *𑀝𑀁𑀓𑀺𑀅 (*ṭaṃkia), from Sanskrit *टङ्किक (ṭaṅkika), from *टङ्क (ṭaṅka, “artificial water store”) +‎ -इक (-ika), from a non-Aryan substrate language. The variant is influenced by English tank, a cognate.

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ʈaŋki/, [ˈʈaŋkiˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /taŋki/, [ˈtaŋkiˑ]

Noun

টাংকি • (ṭaṅki)

1. tank, cistern, water reservoir