Bengali edit

 
পটোল

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पटोल (paṭola),[1] from Proto-Dravidian *puṭala.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /pɔtol/, [ˈpɔtol]
    (file)

Noun edit

পটোল (poṭōl)

  1. pointed gourd (Trichosanthes dioica Roxb.)[1][2]
    Synonym: নাগফল (nagophol)

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Haughton, Graves C. (1833) A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language[1], London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 1646
  2. ^ দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937) Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্‌লিশিং হাউস, page 1254