মেকুর

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Bengali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Bengali মেকুর (mekura). Cognate to Assamese মেকুৰী (mekuri), মেকুৰ (mekur), Bishnupriya Manipuri মেকুর (mekur).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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মেকুর (mekur) (Vanga)

  1. a cat
    Synonyms: বিড়াল (biṛal), বিলাই (bilai), বিল্লি (billi), মার্জার (marjar)
    মেকুরে মাছ খাইছে।mekure mas khaise.The cat has eaten fish.

Derived terms

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Middle Bengali

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Etymology

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Composed of মে (me) + -কুর (-kur), with the first one being an imitation of the cat's sounds, and the second one being shortened from কুকুর (kukur, dog).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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মেকুর (mekura)

  1. a cat

Descendants

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  • Bengali: মেকুর (mekur)

Further reading

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  • Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.[1], volume 776, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers.