পনীর
Bengali
Alternative forms
- পনির (pônir)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian پنیر (panir), from Middle Persian pnyl, which is ultimately from the Proto-Iranian verbal root *nayH- (“to churn butter”) with the preverb *pati-. The Iranian root is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nayH- (“to churn butter”). Doublet of নবনী (nôbônī), meaning fresh butter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔ.niɾ/, [pɔ.n̪iɾ]
Noun
পনীর • (pônīr)
- cheese, paneer
References
- Accessible Dictionary, “পনির, পনীর” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
- Accessible Dictionary, “পনির, পনীর” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh