গন্ধতৃণ
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Sanskrit गन्धतृण (gandhatṛṇa), synchronically analyzable as গন্ধ (gôndhô, “fragrance”) + তৃণ (triṇô, “grass”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]গন্ধতৃণ • (gôndhôtriṇô)
- camel grass, camel hay (Cymbopogon schoenanthus, syn. Andropogon schoenanthus[1][2])
- Hypernym: ঘাস (ghaś)
See also
[edit]- গন্ধবেণা (gôndhôbeṇa)
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Haughton, Graves C. (1833) “গন্ধতৃণ”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language[1], London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 916
- ^ দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937) “~তৃণ”, in Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্লিশিং হাউস, pages 651-2