দোলনা

Bengali

Etymology

From দোল (dōl) + -অনা (-ona), with the first element from Sanskrit दुल् (dul, “to swing, wander”), from a non-Aryan substrate. Doublet of দোলা (dōla).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dolna/
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Noun

দোলনা • (dōlna)

  1. swing (a sort of playground equipment)[2]
    Synonym: ঝোলনা (jhōlna)
  2. cradle[1][2]

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References
  1. Haughton, Graves C. (1833), “দোলনা”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language‎, London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 1468
  2. দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937), “দোলনা”, in Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্‌লিশিং হাউস, page 1107
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