পুকুর

Bengali

Alternative forms

• পুখুর (pukhur), পুখুরি (pukhuri), পাকুর (pakur)
• পুহইর (puhoir), পইর (poir), পুকইর (pukoir), পুগইর (pugoir), পুখইর (pukhoir), পুহোর (puhōr), ফুইর (phuir) — Vanga
• পইকর (poikor), পইখর (poikhor) — Varendra

Etymology

An unaspirated form of পুখুর (pukhur), i-dropped form of পুখুরি (pukhuri), from Middle Bengali পুখরী (pukhori), from Old Bengali পোখরী (pōkharī), from Prakrit 𑀧𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀭 (pŏkkhara, “lotus pond”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), from Sanskrit पौष्कर (pauṣkara).

Cognates

Cognate with Sylheti ꠙꠥꠈ꠆ꠞꠤ (fuḱri), ꠙꠥꠈꠂꠞ (fukóir), Chittagonian ফইর (foir), Assamese পুখুৰী (pukhuri), Maithili 𑒣𑒼𑒐𑒩𑒲 (pōkharī) / पोखरी (pokhair), Odia ପୋଖରୀ (pokhari). Doublet of পুষ্প (puśpo), পুষ্ট (puśṭo), পুষ্টি (puśṭi), and পৌষ (pōuś).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /pukuɾ/, [ˈpukuɾ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /pukuɹ/, [ˈpukuɹ]

Noun

পুকুর • (pukur)

1. pond

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pauṣkara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 479