মোতি

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Bengali[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Partly inherited from Middle Bengali মুতি (muti) and partly borrowed from Hindustani मोती / موتی (motī), both from Sanskrit मौक्तिक (mauktika).[1]

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Noun[edit]

মোতি (mōti)

  1. pearl
    Synonym: মুক্তা (mukta)

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language[1], volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 303