ধনিয়া
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Assamese
Alternative forms
- ধণিয়া (dhonia)
Etymology
From Sanskrit ধন্যাক (“coriander”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ধনিয়া • (dhonia)
- coriander, Coriandrum sativum
- Synonyms: মেমেধু (memedhu), গোন্ধোৱা শাক (gündhüa xak)
Derived terms
- ধনিয়া শাক (dhonia xak)
Bengali
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit धानेय (dhāneya, “coriander”),[1] perhaps originally an adjective from धाना (dhānā, “grain”), due to a comparison of coriander seeds with grass (probably wheat) grains.[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
ধনিয়া • (dhoniẏa)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937) “ধনিয়া”, in Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্লিশিং হাউস, page 1121
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dhānaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 387