দেল
Middle Bengali
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian دل (dil). Compare Old Hindi दिल (dila), Old Punjabi ਦਿਲੁ (dilu).
Noun
দেল (dela)
- heart, mind
Descendants
- Bengali: দিল (dil)
Further reading
- Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D., volume 1, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 448.