কুমির
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Bengali
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Sanskrit कुम्भीर (kumbhīra), an extension of कुम्भी (kumbhī, “crocodile, elephant”), from a suffixed form of कुम्भ (kumbha, “jar, pot; the prominence on the elephantine upper forehead”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kumbʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰumbʰás (“pot”).[1] The semantic shift occurred by initial comparison of pots with the elephant's upper forehead and by later comparison with the protruding eyes of a crocodile.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]কুমির • (kumir)
Synonyms
[edit]- (alligator): অ্যালিগেটর (êligeţôr)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Haughton, Graves C. (1833) “কুমির”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language, London: J. L. Cox & Son, pages 756, 757
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