দোয়েল

Bengali

Alternative forms

• দয়েল (doẏel)
• দইয়াল (doiẏal), দহিয়াল (dohiẏal) — dialectal, archaic

Etymology

Syncopated and umlauted from দইয়াল (doiẏal), h-dropped from earlier দহিয়াল (dohiẏal, literally “one who is smeared with yogurt”), from Prakrit *𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀯𑀸𑀮 (*dahivāla, “having yogurt”), a compound of 𑀤𑀳𑀺 (dahi) +‎ 𑀯𑀸𑀮 (vāla, “possessor”), from Sanskrit दधि (dadhi, “yogurt”) and पाल (pāla, “protector”) respectively; the naming is due to the white marks on the black coat of the bird, reminiscent of a yogurt. Doublet of দইওয়ালা (doiōẇala).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /d̪oel/, [ˈd̪oel]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /d̪oel/, [ˈd̪oel]

Noun

দোয়েল • (dōẇel)

1. the oriental magpie-robin (Copsychus saularis)