দুম্বা

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • দোম্বা (dōmba)

Etymology

Either borrowed from Classical Persian دنبه (dumba) or Inherited from Sanskrit দুম্বক (dumbaka, “thick-tailed sheep”), both from the same origin. Cognate with Hindi दुम्बा (dumbā), English dumba.

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /d̪umba/, [ˈd̪umbaˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /d̪umba/, [ˈd̪umbaˑ]

Noun

দুম্বা • (dumba)

  1. fat-tailed sheep, dumba
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