তেঁতেলী

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Assamese

তেঁতেলী গছ তেঁতেলী
tẽteli gosot tẽteli.
Tamarinds on a tamarind tree.

Etymology

From Early Assamese তেন্তেলি (tenteli), from Sanskrit তিন্ত্রিণী (tintriṇī). Cognate with Sylheti ꠔꠦꠔꠂ (tetoi), Bengali তেতুল (tetul), Odia ତେନ୍ତୁଳି (tentuḷi).

Pronunciation

Noun

তেঁতেলী (tẽteli)

  1. tamarind

Declension

(fruit):

The classifier for trees is -ডাল (-dal)