Middle Bengali edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian دل (dil). Compare Old Hindi दिल (dila), Old Punjabi ਦਿਲੁ (dilu).

Noun edit

দেল (del)

  1. heart, mind

Descendants edit

  • Bengali: দিল (dil)

Further reading edit

  • Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.[1], volume 1, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 448.