আটকাল

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀅𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀮𑀸 (*aṭṭakkalā). Cognate with Assamese আঁটকাল (ãtokal), Odia ଅଟକଳ (aṭakaḷa), Gujarati અટકળ (aṭakaḷ) Hindustani اٹکل / अटकल (aṭkal), Nepali अड्कल (aḍkal), Marathi अटकळ (aṭkaḷ), Punjabi ਅਟਕਲ (aṭakal), Sindhi اَٽڪَل (aṭkala).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /aʈkal/, [ˈaʈkal]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /atkal/, [ˈatkal]

Noun

আটকাল • (aṭkal)

1. guess, conjecture