সুন্দরী

সুন্দরী

Bengali

সুন্দরী (Heritiera fomes)

Etymology

From Sanskrit सुन्दरी (sundarī), feminine form of सुन्दर (sundara, “beautiful”).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃund̪ɔɾi/

Noun

সুন্দরী • (sundrī)

1. beautiful woman[1]
2. sundri (Heritiera fomes, syn. H. minor Roxb.)[2]

   Synonym: সুন্দর গাছ (sundôr gach)

Derived terms

(Proper nouns)

• সুন্দরবন (sundôrôbôn) - Sundarbans

References

1. Haughton, Graves C. (1833) A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language‎, London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 2655
2. মিত্র, সতীশচন্দ্র (1963) যশোহর-খুল্নার ইতিহাস‎ (in Bengali), শিবশঙ্কর মিত্র, page 89