শায়া

Bengali

Alternative forms

• সায়া (śaẏa)

Etymology

From Portuguese saia, from Old Galician-Portuguese saya, from Vulgar Latin *sagia, from Latin sagum, from earlier sagus, from Ancient Greek σάγος (ságos), probably of Gaulish origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃa.jaˑ]

Noun

শায়া • (śaẏa)

1. the Asian petticoat, an underskirt worn beneath a sari from the waist to the ankle