শায়া

Bengali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese saia, from Old Galician-Portuguese saya, from Vulgar Latin *sagia, from Latin sagum, from earlier sagus, from Ancient Greek σάγος (ságos), probably of Gaulish origin.

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ʃae̯a/, [ʃae̯aˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ʃae̯a/, [ʃae̯aˑ]
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Noun

শায়া • (śaẏa)

  1. the Asian petticoat, an underskirt worn beneath a sari from the waist to the ankle
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