মেকুর
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Bengali[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle Bengali মেকুর (mekura). Cognate to Assamese মেকুৰী (mekuri), মেকুৰ (mekur), Bishnupriya Manipuri মেকুর (mekur).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- a cat
Derived terms[edit]
- পেতি-মেকুর (peti-mekur)
- মেকুরনি (mekurni)
- মেকুরা (mekura)
Middle Bengali[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Composed of মে (me) + -কুর (-kur), with the first one being an imitation of the cat's sounds, and the second one being shortened from কুকুর (kukur, “dog”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
মেকুর (mekura)
- a cat
Descendants[edit]
- Bengali: মেকুর (mekur)
Further reading[edit]
- Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.[1], volume 776, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers.
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