স্নিগ্ধা

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्निग्धा (snigdhā), the feminine form of स्निग्ध (snigdha, “loving, affectionate”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *snigdʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *snigʷʰ-tós, from *sneygʷʰ- (“to snow”), with extensive semantic shift. Doublet of স্নিগ্ধ (snigdho) and স্নেহ (sneho) (see there for explanations for the shift).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /sniɡd̪ʱa/, [ˈsniɡd̪ʱaˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /sniɡd̪ʱa/, [ˈsniɡd̪ʱaˑ]

Proper noun

স্নিগ্ধা • (snigdha)

1. a female given name from Sanskrit