করঞ্জ
Bengali
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করঞ্জ
Alternative forms
- করজ (kôrôj), করঞ্জক (kôrôñjôk)
Etymology
From Sanskrit करञ्ज (karañja).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔɾɔnɟɔ/
Noun
করঞ্জ • (kôrôñjô)
- poonga oil tree, Indian beech, seashore mempari (Pongamia pinnata, syn. Galedupa arborea,[1] Pongamia glabra[2])
Derived terms
(Nouns)
- পূতিকরঞ্জ (pūtikôrôñjô)
References
- Haughton, Graves C. (1833), “করঞ্জ”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language, London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 612
- দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937), “করঞ্জ, -ক”, in Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্লিশিং হাউস, page 438