দেওয়াল

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • দেয়াল (deẏal)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دیوال (dēwāl, dīwāl), an l-variant of دیوار (dēwār, dīwār). Cognate with Assamese দেৱাল (dewal), Odia ଦେୱାଲ (dewāla), Hindi दीवार (dīvār), Gujarati દિવાલ (divāl), Punjabi ਦੀਵਾਰ (dīvār).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /d̪eo̯al/, [ˈd̪eo̯al], /d̪eal/, [ˈd̪eal]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /d̪eo̯al/, [ˈd̪eo̯al], /d̪eal/, [ˈd̪eal]

Noun

দেওয়াল • (deōẇal)

  1. wall