তোয়ালে

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Bengali তোয়ালিয়া (tōẇaliẏa), from Portuguese toalha, from Medieval Latin toallia. Cognate with Hindi तौलिया (tauliyā) and English towel.

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /t̪o̯ale/, [ˈt̪o̯aleˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /t̪o̯ale/, [ˈt̪o̯aleˑ]

Noun

তোয়ালে • (tōẇale)

1. towel

   Synonyms: গামছা (gamocha), রুমাল (rumal)

References

• Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language‎^[1], volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 418