মোতি

Bengali

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Sanskrit मौक्तिक (mauktika)
    Hindi मोती (motī)influ.?
    Bengali মোতি (mōti)

    Inherited from Middle Bengali মুতি (muti), from Prakrit 𑀫𑁴𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀅 (mŏttia) from Sanskrit मौक्तिक (mauktika). Chatterji suggests influence from Hindustani मोती / موتی (motī), while Turner proposes a direct borrowing.[1][2]

    Pronunciation

    • (Rarh) IPA(key): /mot̪i/, [ˈmot̪iˑ]

    Noun

    মোতি • (mōti)

    1. pearl
      Synonym: মুক্তা (mukta)

    References

    1. ^ Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language‎[1], volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 303
    2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mauktika”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 598
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