ইঁদুর
Bengali
Etymology
From Sanskrit उन्दुर (undura), उन्दुरु (unduru), उन्दरु (undaru), etc. from a lost Vedic substrate language[1]. Cognate with Assamese এন্দুৰ (endur), Sylheti ꠃꠘ꠆ꠖꠥꠞ (undur), Hindi इंदुर (indur), Gujarati ઉંદર (undar), Marathi उंदीर (undīr), Konkani उंदिर (undir).
Noun
ইঁদুর • (ĩdur)
- mouse, rat
References
- Kuiper, F. B. J. (1948) Proto-Munda Words In Sanskrit, Amsterdam: N.V. Noord-Hollandsche Uitgevers Maatschappij, page 27
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “undura (2095)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press