পোখরী
Middle Bengali
Alternative forms
- পুখরি (pukhari), পুখরী (pukhari), পুখুরী (pukhuri), পোখরি (pokhari)
- পুকর (pukara), পুখর (pukhara), পোখর (pokhara)
Etymology
From Prakrit 𑀧𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀭𑀺𑀅 (pŏkkharia), Sanskrit पुष्करिक (puṣkarika). Cognate with Early Assamese পোখৰী (pökhorī).
Noun
পোখরী (pokhari)
- tank, pond
Descendants
- Bengali: পুকুর (pukur)
Further reading
- Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D., Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 583.