ঝিঙা

ঝিঙা

Bengali

ঝিঙা (Luffa acutangula)

Alternative forms

• ঝিঙ্গা (jhiṅga), ঝিঙ্গাক (jhiṅgak), ঝিঙ্গাকু (jhiṅgaku), ঝিঞা (jhiña)

Etymology

Corruption of Sanskrit ঝিঙ্গাক (jhiṅgāka).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟʱiŋa/

Noun

ঝিঙা • (jhiṅa)

1. ridge gourd, angled loofah (Luffa acutangula)[2][1]

References

1. দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937), “ঝিঙা (ঞা), ঝিঙ্গা, ঝিঙ্গাক ( কু )”, in Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্‌লিশিং হাউস, page 887
2. Haughton, Graves C. (1833), “ঝিঙ্গা”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language‎, London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 1233