পুঙ্খানুপুঙ্খ

Bengali

Etymology

Compound of পুঙ্খ (puṅkho) +‎ অনু (onu) +‎ পুঙ্খ (puṅkho), literally “arrow after arrow”, from Sanskrit पुङ्ख (puṅkha, “feathered rear of an arrow”) and अनु (anu, “after”); semantic shift from "continuous shooting of arrows" to "(any) continuous action" to "thorough (action)" (and from that, also "detailed").

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /puŋkʰanupuŋkʰo/, [ˈpuŋkʰanupuŋkʰoˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /puŋkʰanupuŋkʰo/, [ˈpuŋkʰanupuŋkʰoˑ]

Adjective

পুঙ্খানুপুঙ্খ • (puṅkhanupuṅkho) (comparative আরও পুঙ্খানুপুঙ্খ, superlative সবচেয়ে পুঙ্খানুপুঙ্খ)

1. thorough; attentive to minute details; minutely scrutinizing
2. detailed

   পুঙ্খানুপুঙ্খ বর্ণনা ― puṅkhanupuṅkho bornona ― detailed depiction