ঢিমা

Bengali

Etymology

From Prakrit [script needed] (*dhīmma, “slow”), perhaps related to a family of Prakrit words meaning "lump" with an initial ढ्, including Prakrit [script needed] (*ḍhīmma-, “lump”); the further origin of these words is unknown and perhaps borrowed from a substrate like Dravidian or Munda. Cognate to Hindustani धीमा (dhīmā) / دھِیما (dhīmā).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ɖʱima/, [ˈɖʱimaˑ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /dʱima/, [ˈdʱimaˑ]

Adjective

ঢিমা • (ḍhima) (comparative আরও ঢিমা, superlative সবচেয়ে ঢিমা)

1. mild, low
2. sluggish, lazy, dilatory, spiritless

References

• Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “ঢিমা”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]