চাঁপা

Bengali

Alternative forms

• চাঁপাই (cãpai)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀘𑀁𑀧 (caṃpa), from Sanskrit चम्प (campa), probably borrowed from a Malayo-Polynesian language. Cognate with Assamese চঁপা (sõpa), Odia ଚମ୍ପା (cômpa), Gujarati ચંપો (campo), Hindi चंपा (campā), Sindhi چَنبو (caṃbo), Punjabi ਚੰਪਾ (campā) / چَمپا (campā), Marathi चाफा (cāphā). Doublet of চম্পা (compa) and চামেলি (cameli).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /tʃãpa/, [ˈtʃãpaˑ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /tɕapa/, [ˈtɕapaˑ]

Noun

চাঁপা • (cãpa)

1. magnolia, champac (Magnolia champaca)

Derived terms

• চাঁপাইনবাবগঞ্জ (cãpainbabogonj, “Chapainawabganj”)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “campa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press