তেঁতুল

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit তেন্তুলী (tentulī), তিন্তিডী (tintiḍī), চিন্তিডী (cintiḍī), ultimately from a non-Aryan substrate.[1] Doublet of তিন্তিড়ী (tintiṛi) and চিন্তিড়ী (cintiṛi).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tẽtul/

Noun

তেঁতুল • (tẽtul) (genitive তেঁতুলের (tẽtuler))

  1. tamarind (Tamarindus indica)[1][2]
    Synonyms: তিন্তিড়ী (tintiṛi), চিন্তিড়ী (cintiṛi), বৃক্ষাম্ল (brikkhamlô)
    Meronyms: কাঁইবিচি (kãibici), তেঁতুলবীজ (tẽtulbij)

References
  1. Haughton, Graves C. (1833) “তেঁতুল”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language‎, London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 1352
  2. দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937) “তেঁতুল”, in Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্‌লিশিং হাউস, page 1004
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