কামরাঙ্গা

Bengali

Alternative forms
  • কামরাঙা (kamraṅa),[1] কামরঙ্গা (kamroṅga)[2]

Etymology

Corruption of Sanskrit কর্ম্মরঙ্গ (karmaraṅga-), from कर्मार (karmāra, “starfruit”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kamɾaŋɡa/

Noun

কামরাঙ্গা • (kamraṅga)

  1. star fruit, carambola (Averrhoa carambola)[1]

References
  1. দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937) “কামরাঙ্গা,-ঙা”, in Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্‌লিশিং হাউস, page 501
  2. Haughton, Graves C. (1833) “কামরঙ্গা”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language‎, London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 686
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