শুঁটকি

Bengali

Alternative forms

• শুঁটকী (śũṭki), শুটকি (śuṭki), শুটকী (śuṭki)
• হুটকি (huṭki) — Vanga

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Bengali শুকটি (śukṭi), from Old Bengali সুকটি (sukaṭi), from Prakrit 𑀲𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓 (sukka) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀝𑁆𑀝- (-ṭṭa-) + -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), from Sanskrit शुष्क (śuṣka).

Cognates

Cognate with Sylheti ꠢꠥꠐꠇꠤ (huṭki), Assamese শুকটি (xukoti), Odia ସୁକ୍ଟୀ (sukṭi), Hindi सुक्टी (sukṭī), Nepali सुकुटि (sukuṭi).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ʃũʈki/, [ˈʃũʈkiˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ʃutki/, [ˈʃutkiˑ]

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Noun

শুঁটকি • (śũṭki)

1. dried fish

Adjective

শুঁটকি • (śũṭki) (comparative আরও শুঁটকি, superlative সবচেয়ে শুঁটকি)

1. dried
2. emaciated and shriveled

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “শুঁটকি, শুঁটকী” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “শুঁটকি, শুঁটকী, শুটকি” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh