খুশকি

Bengali

Alternative forms

• খুস্কি (khuski), খুসকি (khuśoki), খুশ্কি (khuśki), খুষ্কি (khuśki)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂sews-

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsúškas

Proto-Iranian *Hhúškah

Classical Persian خُشْک (xušk)

Middle Persian 𐭩𐭧 (yḥ /⁠-īh⁠/)

Classical Persian ـِی (-ī)

Classical Persian خُشْکِی (xuškī)bor.

Bengali খুশকি

Borrowed from Classical Persian خُشْکِی (xuškī), from خُشْک (xušk) + ـِی (-ī). Doublet of শুষ্ক (śuśko), শুখা (śukha), শুষা (śuśa), শোষণ (śōśon), and শুঁটকি (śũṭki).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /kʰuʃki/, [ˈkʰuʃkiˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /kʰuʃki/, [ˈkʰuʃkiˑ]

Noun

খুশকি • (khuśoki)

1. dandruff, scurf

   Synonym: মরামাস (moramaś)