বকুল

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বকুলফুল
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Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Sanskrit बकुल, मकुल, मुकुल (bakula, makula, mukula), all borrowed from a non-Aryan source. Doublet of বউল (boul), মউল (moul), and মুকুল (mukul).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

বকুল (bokul)

  1. Spanish cherry, bulletwood tree, tanjong tree, (Indian) medlar (Mimusops elengi);[1] flower 1.2 cm across, whitish and fragrant.[3]
    Synonyms: বউল (boul), মধুপুষ্প (môdhupuṣpô), কেশর (keśor), ধন্বী (dhônnī), গূঢ়পুষ্পক (gūṛhôpuṣpôk)

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Haughton, Graves C. (1833) “বকুল”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language[1], London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 1887
  2. ^ দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937) “বকুল”, in Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্‌লিশিং হাউস, page 1471
  3. ^ 熱帯植物研究会 (Nettai-shokubutsu-kenkyūkai), editor (1996), 熱帯植物要覧 (Nettai-shokubutsu-yōran) (in Japanese), 4th edition, Tōkyō: 養賢堂 (Yōkendō), →ISBN, page 388