ভুট্টা

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀪𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞 (*bhuṭṭha), from Sanskrit *भ्रुष्ट (bhruṣṭa), from earlier भृष्ट (bhṛṣṭa​), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰr̥ṣṭás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰr̥štás, from Proto-Indo-European *bhr̥ǵ-tó-s (“roasted, fried”), from *bʰerǵ ~ *bʰreǵ (“to roast, fry”). Cognate with Gujarati ભુટ્ઠૉ (bhuṭṭhɔ), Nepali भुट्नु (bhuṭnu), Hindi भुट्टा (bhuṭṭā), Marathi भुटा (bhuṭā). Doublet of ভাজা (bhaja), ভাজি (bhaji), ভাটিয়ারা (bhaṭiẏara), and বিরিয়ানি (biriẏani). Originally meant any fried or roasted foodstuff in Indo-Aryan languages, only near-universally changing to mean maize or corn after the colonial introduction of the plant (compare the similar development in আলু (alu, “potato”)).

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /bʱuʈːa/, [bʱuʈːaˑ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /bʱutːa/, [bʱutːaˑ]

ভুট্টা • (bhuṭṭa)

1. maize, corn (cob)

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “bhr̥ṣṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 547