পুকুর
Bengali
editAlternative forms
edit- পুখুর (pukhur), পুখুরি (pukhuri), পাকুর (pakur)
- পুহইর (puhoir), পইর (poir), পুকইর (pukoir), পুগইর (pugoir), পুখইর (pukhoir), পুহোর (puhōr), ফুইর (phuir) — Vanga
- পইকর (poikor), পইখর (poikhor) — Varendra
Etymology
editAn unaspirated form of পুখুর (pukhur), i-dropped form of পুখুরি (pukhuri), from Middle Bengali পুখরী (pukhori), from Old Bengali পোখরী (pōkharī), from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀧𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀭 (pokkhara, “lotus pond”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇- (-i-), from Sanskrit पौष्कर (pauṣkara), vriddhi of पुष्कर (puṣkara, “blue lotus”), from the root पुष् (puṣ, “to thrive”). Cognate with Sylheti ꠙꠥꠈ꠆ꠞꠤ (fuḱri), ꠙꠥꠈꠂꠞ (fukóir), Chittagonian ফইর (foir), Assamese পুখুৰী (pukhuri), Maithili 𑒣𑒼𑒐𑒩𑒲 (pōkharī) / पोखरी (pokhair), Odia ପୋଖରୀ (pokhari). Doublet of পুষ্প (puśpo), পুষ্ট (puśṭo), পুষ্টি (puśṭi), and পৌষ (pōuś).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editপুকুর • (pukur)
References
edit- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pauṣkara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 479
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- Bengali terms inherited from Middle Bengali
- Bengali terms derived from Middle Bengali
- Bengali terms inherited from Old Bengali
- Bengali terms derived from Old Bengali
- Bengali terms inherited from Magadhi Prakrit
- Bengali terms derived from Magadhi Prakrit
- Bengali terms extended with Indo-Aryan -𑀇-
- Bengali terms inherited from Sanskrit
- Bengali terms derived from Sanskrit
- Bengali doublets
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