ঢেঁড়স

Bengali

Alternative forms
  • ঢ্যাঁড়স (ḍhễṛoś), ধেড়স (dheṛoś);[1] ধেঁড়স (dhẽṛoś), ধেঁরুস (dhẽrus)[2]

Etymology

Corruption of Sanskrit ডিণ্ডিশ (ḍiṇḍiśa).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ɖʱæ̃ɽɔʃ/, [ɖʱæ̃ɽɔʃ], /ɖʱæ̃ɾɔʃ/, [ɖʱæ̃ɾɔʃ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /dʱɛɹɔʃ/, [dʱɛɹɔʃ]
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Noun

ঢেঁড়স • (ḍhẽṛoś)

  1. okra (Abelmoschus esculentus, syn. Hibiscus esculentus, H. longifolius)
    Synonym: ওকড়া (ōkoṛa)

References
  1. দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937), “ঢেঁড়স; ধেড়স, ঢ্যাঁড়স”, in Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্‌লিশিং হাউস, pages 943, 1149
  2. Haughton, Graves C. (1833), “ধেঁড়স; ধেঁরুস”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language‎, London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 1517
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