হরিকেল

Old Bengali

Etymology

Possibly a compound of হরি (hari, “yellow”) +‎ কেল (kela, “banana”), literally “(land of) yellow bananas”, from Sanskrit हरि (hari) and कदल (kadala) respectively.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɒɾikelɒ/

Proper noun

হরিকেল (harikela)

1. Harikela, a janapada of eastern Bengal in the early medieval period

References

• Sen, Sukumar (1981) বাংলা স্থাননাম [Bengali toponyms]‎^[1] (in Bengali), Calcutta: Pustak Bipani, page 115