সুড়ঙ্গ

Bengali

Alternative forms

• সুরঙ্গ (śuroṅgo), সুরুঙ্গ (śuruṅgo)

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit सुरङ्ग (suraṅga), from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx). Doublet of সিরিঞ্জ (śirinjo). Cognate with Hindi सुरंग (suraṅg) .

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ʃuɽɔŋɡo/, [ˈʃuɽɔŋɡoˑ], /ʃuɾɔŋɡo/, [ˈʃuɾɔŋɡoˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ʃuɹɔŋɡo/, [ˈʃuɹɔŋɡoˑ]

• (Vanga) IPA^(key): /ʃuɾɔŋɡo/, [ˈʃuɾɔŋɡoˑ], [ˈʃuɹɔŋɡoˑ]
• (Varendra) IPA^(key): /ʃuɾɔŋɡo/, [ˈʃuɾɔŋɡoˑ]

Noun

সুড়ঙ্গ • (śuṛoṅgo)

1. tunnel

References

• Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press