মেকুর

See also: মুকির, মুকুর, মুকেরি, and মোকের

Bengali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Bengali মেকুর (mekura). Cognate to Assamese মেকুৰী (mekuri), মেকুৰ (mekur), Bishnupriya Manipuri মেকুর (mekur).

Pronunciation

  • (Vanga) IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.kuɾ/, [ˈmɛ.kuˑɾ]

Noun

মেকুর • (mekur) (Vanga)

  1. a cat
    Synonyms: বিড়াল (biṛal), বিলাই (bilai), বিল্লি (billi), মার্জার (marjar)
    মেকুরে মাছ খাইছে। ― mekure mas khaise. ― The cat has eaten fish.

Derived terms

Middle Bengali

Etymology

Composed of মে (me) + -কুর (-kur), with the first one being an imitation of the cat's sounds, and the second one being shortened from কুকুর (kukur, “dog”).

Pronunciation

  • (early) IPA(key): /mekuɾɒ/
  • (late) IPA(key): /mekuɾ/

Noun

মেকুর (mekura)

  1. a cat

Descendants

  • Bengali: মেকুর (mekur)

Further reading

  • Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.‎[1], volume 776, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers.
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