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শৈবাল (Blyxa octandra)

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Derived from Sanskrit शैवाल (śaivāla, Blyxa octandra).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʃoi̯bal/
  • (file)

Noun edit

শৈবাল (śōibal)

  1. algae[2]
  2. Blyxa octandra (Vallisneria octandra), an aquatic plant of the family Hydrocharitaceae[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Haughton, Graves C. (1833), “শৈবল”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language[1], London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 2515
  2. ^ বরিবেশ শব্দকোষ[2] (in Bengali), ঢাকা: সেন্টার ফর সাসটেইনেবল ডেভলপমেন্ট, 1998
  3. ^ দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937), “শৈবাল,শৈবল”, in Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্‌লিশিং হাউস, page 1957