কেঁচো

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • কেঁচুয়া (kẽcuẇa) — dialectal

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Bengali কেঁচুয়া (kẽcuẇa), from Sanskrit *केञ्चुक (*keñcuka) (compare attested किञ्चुलुक (kiñculuka)). Cognate with Assamese কেঁচু (kẽsu), Odia କେଞ୍ଚୁ (keñcu), କେଞ୍ଚୁଆ (keñcuā), Bhojpuri केंचुआ (kēñcuā), Hindi केंचुआ (kẽcuā).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /kẽt͡ʃo/, [ˈkẽt͡ʃoˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ketɕo/, [ˈketɕoˑ]

Noun

কেঁচো • (kẽcō)

  1. earthworm

Derived terms

  • কেঁচো খুড়তে সাপ (kẽcō khuṛte śap)
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