চুঁচি
Bengali
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćuñćikas (akin to Sanskrit चूचुक (cūcuka, “nipple”)).
Pronunciation
- (Rāṛha) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃũ.t͡ʃi/, [ˈt͡ʃũ.t͡ʃiˑ]
- (Vaṅga) IPA(key): /ˈt͡sũ.t͡si/, [ˈt͡sũ.t͡siˑ]
Noun
চুঁচি • (cũci) (now vulgar)
- nipple
- breast
Further reading
- Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D., volume 284, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers.