Assamese

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सलिल (salila).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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সলিল (xolil)

  1. water
    Synonyms: জল (zol), পানী (pani)

Bengali

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सलिल (salila),[1] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls (salt), whence also English salt.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʃolil/
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Noun

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সলিল (śolil)

  1. water[2][1][3]
    Synonyms: পানি (pani), জল (jol), বারি (bari), নীর (nir), উদক (udok), কমল (komol), জীবন (jibon), তোয় (tōẏ), পয়ঃ (poẏoḥ), পানীয় (paniẏo), উদ (ud), সার (śar)

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Haughton, Graves C. (1833) A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language[1], London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 2616
  2. ^ Carey, William (1828) A Dictionary of the Bengalee Language[2], volume II, Serampore, page 429
  3. ^ দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937) Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্‌লিশিং হাউস, page 2029