মুকেরি

See also: মুকির, মুকুর, মেকুর, and মোকের

Bengali

Alternative forms

• মুকেরী (mukeri) — obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مکاری (mukārī, “muleteer”), from Arabic مُكَارِي (mukārī). First attested as Middle Bengali মুকেরি (mukeri).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ˈmu.ke.ɾi/, [ˈmu.ke.ɾiˑ]
• (Vanga) IPA^(key): /ˈmu.kɛ.ɾi/, [ˈmu.kɛ.ɾiˑ]

Noun

মুকেরি • (mukeri)

1. an occupative Muslim community in Bengal, traditionally bull drivers

Middle Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مکاری (mukārī, “muleteer”), from Arabic مُكَارِي (mukārī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mukeɾi/

Noun

মুকেরি (mukeri)

1. one who lets out bullocks

Descendants

• Bengali: মুকেরি (mukeri)

Further reading

• Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.‎^[1], volume 967, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers.