তেঁতুল

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তেঁতুল

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Sanskrit তেন্তুলী (tentulī), তিন্তিডী (tintiḍī), চিন্তিডী (cintiḍī), ultimately from a non-Aryan substrate.[1] Doublet of তিন্তিড়ী (tintiṛi) and চিন্তিড়ী (cintiṛi).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

তেঁতুল (tẽtul) (genitive তেঁতুলের (tẽtuler))

  1. tamarind (Tamarindus indica)[1][2]
    Synonyms: তিন্তিড়ী (tintiṛi), চিন্তিড়ী (cintiṛi), বৃক্ষাম্ল (brikkhamlô)
    Meronyms: কাঁইবিচি (kãibici), তেঁতুলবীজ (tẽtulbij)

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Haughton, Graves C. (1833) “তেঁতুল”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language[1], London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 1352
  2. ^ দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937) “তেঁতুল”, in Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্‌লিশিং হাউস, page 1004