পুকুর

Bengali

Alternative forms

• পুখুর (pukhur), পুখইর (pukhoir)
• পুহইর (puhoir), পুইর (puir), পুকইর (pukoir), পুগইর (pugoir), 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 (pokharī), 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), Odia ପୋଖରୀ (pokhari), Maithili 𑒣𑒼𑒐𑒩𑒲 (pōkharī) / पोखरी (pokhair).

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