গালিচা

Bengali

Alternative forms

• গালচে (galoce) — Rarh

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian غالیچه (ğālīča), a voiced variant of خالیچه (xālīča, “small carpet”), from خالی (xālī, “carpet”) +‎ چه (-ča, diminutive suffix). Cognate with Hindi ग़ालीचा (ġālīcā).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ɡalit͡ʃa/, [ɡalit͡ʃaˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ɡalitɕa/, [ɡalitɕaˑ]

Noun

গালিচা • (galica)

1. carpet, mat, rug

Derived terms

• উড়ন্ত গালিচা (uṛonto galica)