কানা

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • কাণা (kana)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit काण (kāṇa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from an extended form of Proto-Dravidian *kāṇ- (“to see”). Cognate with Hindi काना (kānā).

Adjective

কানা • (kana) (comparative আরও কানা, superlative সবচেয়ে কানা)

  1. blind
    কানা বগীর ছা।
    kana bogir cha.
    The chick of the blind heron.
    –Khan Mohammad Moinuddin
  2. holed and useless

Derived terms

  • কানামাছি (kanamachi)

References

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