পটোল
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Bengali
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Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पटोल (paṭola),[1] from Proto-Dravidian *puṭala.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]পটোল • (poṭōl)
- pointed gourd (Trichosanthes dioica Roxb.)[1][2]
- Synonym: নাগফল (nagophol)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Haughton, Graves C. (1833) A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language[1], London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 1646
- ^ দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937) Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্লিশিং হাউস, page 1254