মেকুর
Bengali
Alternative forms
- মেউর (meur), মেহুর (mehur), মিউর (miur)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Bengali মেকুর (mekura). Cognate to Assamese মেকুৰী (mekuri), মেকুৰ (mekur), Bishnupriya Manipuri মেকুর (mekur).
Pronunciation
- (Vaṅga) IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.kuɾ/, [ˈmɛ.kuˑɾ]
Noun
মেকুর • (mekur) (Vanga)
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
- IPA(key): /mekuɾɒ/
Descendants
- Bengali: মেকুর (mekur)
Further reading
- Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D., volume 776, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers.
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