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Bengali
Etymology
From Prakrit (*dhīmma, “slow”), perhaps related to a family of Prakrit words meaning "lump" with an initial ढ् (ḍh), including Prakrit (*ḍhīmma-, “lump”); the further origin of these words is unknown and perhaps borrowed from a substrate like Dravidian or Munda. Cognate to Hindustani धीमा (dhīmā) / دھِیما (dhīmā).
Pronunciation
Adjective
ঢিমা • (ḍhima) (comparative আরও ঢিমা, superlative সবচেয়ে ঢিমা)
- mild, low
- sluggish, lazy, dilatory, spiritless
References
- Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “ঢিমা”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]