মুকেরি

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See also: মুকির, মুকুর, মেকুর, and মোকের

Bengali[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian مکاری (mukārī, “muleteer”), from Arabic مُكَارِي (mukārī). First attested as Middle Bengali মুকেরি (mukeri).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Rāṛha) IPA(key): /ˈmu.ke.ɾi/, [ˈmu.ke.ɾiˑ]
  • (Vaṅga) IPA(key): /ˈmu.kɛ.ɾi/, [ˈmu.kɛ.ɾiˑ]

Noun[edit]

মুকেরি • (mukeri)

  1. an occupative Muslim community in Bengal, traditionally bull drivers

Middle Bengali[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian مکاری (mukārī, “muleteer”), from Arabic مُكَارِي (mukārī).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

মুকেরি (mukeri)

  1. one who lets out bullocks

Descendants[edit]

  • Bengali: মুকেরি (mukeri)

Further reading[edit]

  • Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.‎[1], volume 967, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers.
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