ফেলা

According to Ralph Turner, due to the presence of the unique aspiration, this word is combined from two roots, which were conflated in late Middle Bengali:

• Early Middle Bengali পেলা (pela), from Prakrit 𑀧𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀇 (pĕllaï, “throws”), from Sanskrit प्रेलयति (prelayati), a liquid-variant of प्रेरयति (prerayati, “sets in motion”), from प्र- (pra-) + ईरयति (īrayati, “to cause to move”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hiráyati, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ir-éye-ti. Cognate with Sylheti ꠚꠣꠟꠣꠘꠤ (fálani), Assamese পেলা (pela), Odia ପେଲିବା (pelibā), Maithili पेलब (pēlab) / 𑂣𑂵𑂪𑂥 (pelab), Hindustani पेलना (pelnā) / پیلْنَا (pelnā), Gujarati પ્રેરવું (prervũ), Marathi पेलणे (pelṇe).
• Early Middle Bengali ফেলা (phela), from Prakrit 𑀨𑀇𑀮𑁆𑀮 (phaïlla), metathesized from 𑀧𑀳𑀺𑀮𑁆𑀮 (pahilla, “to spread”), from 𑀧𑀳𑀺𑀅 (pahia​) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀮𑁆𑀮- (-lla-), from Sanskrit प्रथित (prathita, “spread out”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pratHitás, from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-i-tós (“flattened”). Cognate with Hindi फैलना (phailnā).

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /fæla/,

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /fɛla/,
• Rhymes: -æla
• Hyphenation: ফে‧লা

ফেলা • (phela)

1. (transitive) to drop, to let fall

   এখান থেকে ডিমটা ফেললে ফেটে যাবে।

   ekhan theke ḍimṭa phelle pheṭe jabe.

   If you drop the egg from here, it'll explode.

2. (transitive) to throw away, to dispose of

   এবার ভাতটা ফেলতে হবে।

   ebar bhatṭa phelte hobe.

   We have to throw away the rice now.

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “prerayati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 504
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “prathita”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 488