মোতি

Bengali edit

Alternative forms edit

মতি (moti), মোতী (mōti)

Etymology edit

Partly inherited from Middle Bengali মুতি (muti) and partly borrowed from Hindustani मोती / موتی (motī), both from Sanskrit मौक्तिक (mauktika).^[1]

Pronunciation edit

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /mot̪i/, [ˈmot̪iˑ]

(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /mot̪i/, [ˈmot̪iˑ]
Homophone: মতি (moti)

Noun edit

মোতি • (mōti)

pearl
Synonym: মুক্তা (mukta)

Related terms edit

মুক্তা (mukta)
মোতিচুর (mōticur)

References edit

^ Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language‎^[1], volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 303

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