গামছা

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • গামোছা (gamōcha), গামুছা (gamucha)

Etymology

Syncopated from earlier গামোছা (gamōcha, “body wiper”), from গা (ga) +‎ মোছা (mōcha). Cognate with Sylheti ꠉꠣꠝ꠆ꠍꠣ (gamsá) and Assamese গামোচা (gamüsa). Compare রুমাল (rumal), with similar semantics and etymology.

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ɡamt͡ʃʰa/, [ɡamt͡ʃʰaˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ɡamtɕʰa/, [ɡamtɕʰaˑ]

Noun

গামছা • (gamocha)

  1. towel
    Synonyms: রুমাল (rumal), তোয়ালে (tōẇale)

Descendants

  • → Hindi: गमछा (gamchā)

References

  • Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 334
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