বৈকঙ্কত

Bengali edit

 
বৈকঙ্কত

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit वैकङ्कत (vaikaṅkata).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

বৈকঙ্কত (bōikoṅkot)

  1. batoko plum, Indian plum, ramontchi, Madagascar plum (Flacourtia indica, syn. F. sapida[1])
    Synonyms: বঁইচ (bõic), বঁইচি (bõici)
  2. its fruit[2]
    Synonyms: বৈঁচি (bōĩci), বিকঙ্কত (bikoṅkot), বেঙচ (beṅoc)

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References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Haughton, Graves C. (1833) “বৈকঙ্কত”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language[1], London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 2097
  2. ^ দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937) “বিকঙ্কত, বৈকঙ্কত”, in Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্‌লিশিং হাউস, page 1559