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Bengali
Etymology
Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀨𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀓 (*phokka, “hollow”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀝𑁆𑀝- (-ṭṭa-), from a substrate language. Cognate with Marathi फुकट (phukaṭ), Gujarati ફોગટ (phogaṭ), Hindi फोकट (phokaṭ).
Pronunciation
Adjective
ফোকট • (phōkoṭ) (comparative আরও ফোকট, superlative সবচেয়ে ফোকট)
- worthless, valueless
- Synonyms: মুফ্ত (muphto), বিনামূল্য (binamullo), মাগনা (magona), ফাঁকতাল (phãktal)
ফোকটে কাজ সারার চেষ্টা না করাই ভালো।- phōkṭe kaj śarar ceśṭa na korai bhalō.
- It's not good to make work done by a fluke.
- free (of charge)
- Synonym: ফ্রি (phri)
- cheap
Further reading
- Sen, Sukumar (1971) “phuk(a)”, in An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000–1800 A.D., Calcutta: Eastern Publishers
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*pōka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press