ব্যাঘ্র

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Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit व्याघ्र (vyāghra). Doublet of বাঘ (bagh).

Pronunciation

Noun

ব্যাঘ্র (bêghro)

  1. tiger[1][2]
    Synonyms: বাঘ (bagh), শার্দূল (śardul)
  2. (as a suffix) chief of[3]
    Synonyms: প্রধান (prodhan), শ্রেষ্ঠ (śreṣṭhô)
  3. a red variety of castor oil plant[3]
    Hypernym: এরণ্ড (erôṇḍô)

Derived terms

(Nouns)

References

  1. ^ Carey, William (1828) A Dictionary of the Bengalee Language, volume II, Serampore, page 394
  2. ^ 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 2117
  3. 3.0 3.1 দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937) “ব্যাঘ্র”, in Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্‌লিশিং হাউস, page 1652