উআরী

Middle Bengali

Alternative forms

• ওআরী (ōari)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀉𑀆𑀭𑀻 (uārī), 𑀑𑀆𑀭𑀻 (oārī), syncopated from earlier 𑀉𑀯𑀬𑀸𑀭𑀻 (uvayārī), from Sanskrit उपकारी (upakārī), the feminine form of उपकार (upakāra, “benefit, use; decoration, embellishment (as a gate with garlands)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u̯ɑɾiː/

Noun

উআরী (uari)

1. adorned or decorated residence, pavilion, or palace

Descendants

• Bengali: উয়ারী (uẏari), ওয়ারী (ōẇari) (place-name in Bangladesh)

References

• Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language‎^[1], volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 325
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “upakāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 101