পুখরী

Middle Bengali

Alternative forms

  • পুখরি (pukhori), পুখুরী (pukhuri), পোখরী (pōkhori), পোখরি (pōkhori)
  • পুকর (pukor), পুখর (pukhor), পোখর (pōkhor)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Bengali পোখিরী (pokhirī), from Prakrit 𑀧𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀭 (pŏkkhara, “lotus pond”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), from Sanskrit पौष्कर (pauṣkara) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-). Cognate with Early Assamese পোখৰী (pökhorī).

Noun

পুখরী (pukhori)

  1. pond, tank

Descendants

  • Bengali: পুকুর (pukur)

Further reading

  • Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.‎[1], Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 572.
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