কেয়া

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Bengali[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑁂𑀅𑀬 (keaya), from Sanskrit কেতক (ketaka).[1] Doublet of কেওড়া (keōṛa) and কেতকী (ketoki), a tatsama.

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কেয়া (Pandanus odorifer)

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Noun[edit]

কেয়া • (keẏa)

  1. screw pine (Pandanus odorifer, syn. P. odoratissimus[1])
    Synonyms: কেতকী (ketôkī), কেতক (ketok), কেওড়া (keōṛa)
    Meronyms: (leaf) কেয়াপাতা (keẏapata), (flower) কেউ (keu), (flower) কেয়াফুল (keẏaphul), (cluster of flowers) কেয়াকাঁদি (keẏakãdi)

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Hindustani کیا (kyā) / क्या (kyā).

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Adverb[edit]

কেয়া • (keẏa)

  1. (rhetorical) such, what, how
    Synonym: কি (ki)
    কেয়া মজা! ― keẏa moja! ― Such fun!
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Etymology 3[edit]

From Sanskrit किम् (kim, “what”). Cognate with Assamese কিয় (kio) and কিয়া (kia). Compare Hindustani کیوں (kyõ) / क्यों (kyõ).

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Adverb[edit]

কেয়া • (keẏa) (Vanga, Varendra)

  1. why
    Synonym: কেন (keno)

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937) “কেয়া”, in Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্‌লিশিং হাউস, pages 566, 570
  2. ^ Graves Haughton (1833) “কেআ”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language‎[1], London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 787
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