বিলাহী

Assamese

বিলাহী

Alternative forms

Etymology

Short form of বিলাহী বেঙেনা (bilahi beṅena), which is বিলাহী (bilahi, *English, *foreign) + বেঙেনা (beṅena, brinjal, eggplant). বিলাহী (bilahi) is from বিলাতী (bilati, English, foreign), borrowed from Persian ویلایتی (vilâyati), from Arabic وِلايَة (wilāya). Another possibility is that বিলাহী (bilahi) is from Arabic وِلايَة (wilāya) with the Persian or Assamese adjective suffix (-i) or -ঈ (-i) respectively. Compare Bengali বিলিতি বেগুন (biliti begun), Oriya ବିଲାତି ବାଇଗଣ (bilati baigôṇô), Dhivehi ވިލާތު ބަށި (vilātu baṣi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bi.la.ɦi/

Noun

বিলাহী (bilahi)

  1. tomato
    Synonyms: (Sonowal Kachari) সমুনা (xomuna), (Kamrupi) টেঙাবাংনা (teṅabaṅna), (Kamrupi) কহাবাংনা (kohabaṅna)

Declension

Derived terms

  • বিলাহী গছ (bilahi gos)
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