পড়শী

Bengali

Etymology

    Inherited from Middle Bengali পড়িশী (poṛiśi), from Old Bengali পড়বেষী (paṛabeṣī), from Prakrit 𑀧𑀟𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀲𑀺𑀅 (paḍivesia), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀧𑀝𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀲𑀺𑀬 (paṭivesiya), from Sanskrit প্রতিবেশ্য (pratibeśya).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • (Rarh) IPA(key): /poɽʃi/, [ˈpoɽʃiˑ], /poɾʃi/, [ˈpoɾʃiˑ]
    • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /poɹʃi/, [ˈpoɹʃiˑ]

    Noun

    পড়শী • (poṛośi)

    1. neighbour
      Synonym: প্রতিবেশী (protibeśi)

    References

    1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “prativēśya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press:B. paṛsī