সজারু
Bengali
Alternative forms
- সাঁজারু (sãjaru), সেঁজারু (sẽjaru), সেঁজার (sẽjar), সেজার (sejar), সেজারু (sejaru), শজারু (śôjaru)
Etymology
Of disputed origin. Biswas suggests it to be a compound of its dialectal variant সেজার (sejar) or synonym ছেদার (chedar), attributed as tatsamas despite a lack of basis, and Sanskrit रूप (rūpa). Chatterji, Das, and Sen suggest it to be a compound of সেঁজা (sẽja, “porcupine”) + -রু (-ru, “similarity, intensity”); the former being from Late Prakrit 𑀲𑁂𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀅 (sĕjjaa), from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀲𑀬𑁆𑀬𑀓 (sayyaka) or 𑀲𑁂𑀬𑁆𑀬𑀓 (seyyaka), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀲𑀬𑀓𑁂 (sayake) or 𑀲𑁂𑀬𑀓𑁂 (seyake), from Sanskrit शल्यक (śalyaka, “porcupine”), and the latter being from Sanskrit रूप (rūpa, “appearance”).[1][2][3] Compare গোরু (goru, “cow”), বাছুর (bachur, “calf”), শশারু (śôśaru, “hare, porcupine”), ঘোড়ারু (ghoṛaru, “a kind of deer”), গাভুর (gabhur, “young person”). Tagore suggests it to be a compound with a suffix -আরু (-aru), not providing a potential source for the other component; compare লাফারু (lapharu, “hare”) and দাবাড়ু (dabaṛu, “chess player”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃɔ.d͡ʒa.ru/
Noun
সজারু • (sôjaru)
- porcupine
- Synonyms: ছেদার (chedar), শল্লকী (śôllkī), সেঁজা (sẽja)
References
- Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language, volume 2, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 476
- Sukumar Sen (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D., Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, pages 830, 850
- দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1916), “সজারু”, in Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্লিশিং হাউস, page 1987