ভড়ি
Middle Bengali edit
Alternative forms edit
- ভড় (bhoṛ)
Etymology edit
From Sanskrit भृति (bhṛti, “support”) or भृतिका (bhṛtikā), from the root भृ (bhṛ), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰar-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-. Compare Early Assamese ভৰি (bhori).
Noun edit
ভড়ি (bhaṛi)
Descendants edit
- Bengali: ভইড় (bhoiṛ)
Further reading edit
- Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.[1], volume 700, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers.