লোফ

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from English loaf, which is from Middle English lof, laf, from Old English hlāf (“bread, loaf of bread”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlaib, from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz (“bread, loaf”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Old English hlifian (“to stand out prominently, tower up”). Cognate with Scots laif (“loaf”), German Laib (“loaf”), Swedish lev (“loaf”), Russian хлеб (xleb, “bread, loaf”).

Noun

লোফ • (lōph) (objective লোফ (lōph) or লোফকে (lōphoke), genitive লোফের (lōpher), locative লোফে (lōphe))

1. loaf, bread (European style)

   Synonym: পাঁউরুটি (pãuruṭi)