হামানদিস্তা

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Bengali[edit]

হামানদিস্তা

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Middle Bengali হাবান্দেস্তা (habandesta), from Classical Persian هاون دسته (hāwan-dasta, mortar and handle (pestle)).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ɦamand̪ist̪a/, [ˈɦamand̪ist̪aˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ɦamand̪ist̪a/, [ˈɦamand̪ist̪aˑ]
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Noun[edit]

হামানদিস্তা (hamandista)

  1. mortar and pestle

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Haughton, Graves C. (1833) “হামান্‌দিস্তা”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language[1], London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 2739