লেজ

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Bengali লেঁজ (lẽj), from earlier লাঁজ (lãj) with nasal coloring increasing vowel height, from Prakrit 𑀮𑀁𑀚 (laṃja​), from Sanskrit लञ्ज (lañja, “tail”), of substrate origin, cognate with Odia ଲାଞ୍ଜ (lāñja). Doublet of লাঙ্গুল (laṅgul), লাঙ্গুর (laṅgur), and লেঙ্গুড় (leṅguṛ), and possibly লেওড়া (leōṛa).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /led͡ʒ/, [ˈled͡ʒ], /lɛd͡ʒ/, [ˈlɛd͡ʒ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ledʑ/, [ˈledʑ], /lɛdʑ/, [ˈlɛdʑ]

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Noun

লেজ • (lej)

1. (anatomy) tail