মুকেরি

See also: মুকির, মুকুর, মেকুর, and মোকের

Bengali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مکاری (mukārī, “muleteer”), from Arabic مُكَارِي (mukārī). First attested as Middle Bengali মুকেরি (mukeri).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ˈmu.ke.ɾi/, [ˈmu.ke.ɾiˑ]
  • (Vanga) IPA(key): /ˈmu.kɛ.ɾi/, [ˈmu.kɛ.ɾiˑ]

Noun

মুকেরি • (mukeri)

  1. an occupative Muslim community in Bengal, traditionally bull drivers

Middle Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مکاری (mukārī, “muleteer”), from Arabic مُكَارِي (mukārī).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mukeɾi/

Noun

মুকেরি (mukeri)

  1. one who lets out bullocks

Descendants

  • Bengali: মুকেরি (mukeri)

Further reading

  • Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.‎[1], volume 967, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers.
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