প্রায়
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Bengali
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रायः (prāyaḥ, “mostly”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *praHyas, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-yōs (“more”), comparative degree of *pelh₁us (“much”).[1] Cognate with Latin plūs (whence English plus). Doublet of পুরা (pura), পুরো (purō), পূরণ (puron), and পূর্ণ (purno).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Rarh) IPA(key): /pɾae̯/, [ˈpɾae̯], /pɹae̯/, [ˈpɹae̯]
Audio: (file)
- (Dhaka) IPA(key): /pɾae̯/, [ˈpɾae̯], /pɹae̯/, [ˈpɹae̯]
Adverb
[edit]প্রায় • (praẏ)
References
[edit]- ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 3
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