শ্রীফল

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit श्रीफल (śrīphala). By surface analysis, শ্রী (sri, “holy”) +‎ ফল (phôl, “fruit”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sri.pʰɔl/

Noun

শ্রীফল • (śrīphôl)

  1. bael fruit tree, bel, Bengal quince (Aegle marmelos);[1] regarded as sacred tree in Hinduism.
  2. bael fruit[1]

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:বেল

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Haughton, Graves C. (1833) A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language‎[1], London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 2526
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