করবী

করবী

Bengali

Alternative forms

• করবীর (kôrôbīr)

Etymology

From Sanskrit করবীর (karavīra-).[1][2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔɾɔbi/

Noun

করবী • (kôrôbī)

1. oleander (Nerium oleander, syn. N. odorum[1])

References

1. Haughton, Graves C. (1833), “করবী; করবীর”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language‎, London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 615
2. দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937), “করবী”, in Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্‌লিশিং হাউস, page 440