আমলকী

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • আমলকি (amlôki)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आमलकी (āmalakī).[1] Cognate with Assamese আমলখি (amlokhi), Sylheti ꠄꠃꠟꠣ (eula), Hindi आँवला (ā̃vlā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /amloki/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

আমলকী • (amlôkī)

  1. amla, emblic myrobalan, Malacca tree (Phyllanthus emblica)[1][2]
    Synonyms: আমলক (amolok), আমলাতি (amlati), আমলাতী (amlati)
    Holonym: ত্রিফলা (triphôla)
    Meronym: (fruit) আমলা (amola)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Haughton, Graves C. (1833) A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language‎[1], London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 355
  2. ^ দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937) “আমলক, আমলকী”, in Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্‌লিশিং হাউস, page 238
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