পুতুল

Bengali

Alternative forms

পুতলা (putola), পুতলি (putoli)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀧𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀼𑀮 (*puttula), *𑀧𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀮 (*puttala), *𑀧𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀮𑀻 (*puttalī), from Sanskrit *पुत्रल (*putrala, “puppet”), a compound of पुत्र (putra, “son”) +‎ -ल (-la, extension), originally used to denote a child-like artificial figure.

Cognates

Assamese পুতলা (putola)
Gujarati પૂતળું (pūtaḷũ), પૂતળી (pūtaḷī)
Hindi पुतला (putlā)
Maithili पुतरा (putᵊrā) / 𑒣𑒳𑒞𑒩𑒰 (putarā), पुतरी (putᵊrī) / 𑒣𑒳𑒞𑒩𑒲 (putarī)
Marathi पुतळा (putḷā)
Odia ପୁତୁଳା (putuḷā)
Punjabi ਪੁਤਲਾ (putlā) / پُتلا (putlā), ਪੁਤਲੀ (putlī) / پُتلِی (putlī)
Rohingya futíla
Sindhi پُتِلو / पुतिलो, پُتِليِ / पुतिली

Pronunciation

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /put̪ul/, [ˈput̪ul]

(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /put̪ul/, [ˈput̪ul]

Noun

পুতুল • (putul)

doll, puppet

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*putrala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press