পোখরী

Middle Bengali

Alternative forms
  • পুখরি (pukhôri), পুখরী (pukhôrī), পুখুরী (pukhurī), পোখরি (pokhôri)
  • পুকর (pukôrô), পুখর (pukhôrô), পোখর (pokhôrô)

Etymology

From Prakrit 𑀧𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀭𑀺𑀅 (pŏkkharia), Sanskrit पुष्करिक (puṣkarika). Cognate with Early Assamese পোখৰী (pökhorī).

Noun

পোখরী (pokhôrī)

  1. tank, pond

Descendants
  • Bengali: পুকুর (pukur)

Further reading
  • Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.‎, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 583.
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