বাছুর

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Bengali বাছৌর (bachōur) with syncope, from Old Bengali *বাছরু (bācharu) with metathesis, from Prakrit *𑀯𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀭𑀽𑀯 (*vaccharūva), from Sanskrit *वत्सरूप (vatsarūpa, literally “calf-shaped”), from वत्स (vatsa, “calf”) +‎ रूप (rūpa, “shape”). Cognate with Assamese বাছৰু (basoru), Odia ବାଛୁରି (bāchuri), Bihari बछ्रु (bachru), Gujarati વાછ્રું (vāchrũ), Marathi वास्रूं (vāsrū̃), Konkani वास्रुं (vāsrũ).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /bat͡ʃʰuɾ/, [ˈbat͡ʃʰuɾ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /batɕʰuɹ/, [ˈbatɕʰuɹ]

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Noun

বাছুর • (bachur)

1. calf

Derived terms

• এঁড়ে বাছুর (ẽṛe bachur)
• মাদি বাছুর (madi bachur)

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “বাছুর” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “বাছুর” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh