রাখাল

Bengali

Alternative forms
  • রাখোয়াল (rakhōẇal) — archaic, dialectal

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Bengali রাখোআল (rakhōal), from Prakrit 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀯𑀸𑀮 (rakkhavāla), from Sanskrit रक्षपाल (rakṣapāla, “protective herdsman”), from रक्ष (rakṣa, “protection”, from रक्ष् (rakṣ) +‎ -अ (-a)) +‎ पाल (pāla, “herdsman”). Cognate with Odia ରଖୁଆଳ (rôkhuaḷô), Maithili रख्वारी (rakhvārī), Bhojpuri रख्वार (rakhvār), Gujarati રખ્વાળ (rakhvāḷ), Hindi रखवाला (rakhvālā), Punjabi ਰਖ੍ਵਾਲ (rakhvāl), Nepali रख्वालो (rakhwālo).

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /rakʰal/, [ˈrakʰal]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ɹakʰal/, [ɹakʰal]

Noun

রাখাল • (rakhal)

  1. herdsman; cowherd; goatherd; shepherd
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