গুমোট

Bengali

Alternative forms

• গুমট (gumoṭ)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Bengali গুমট (gumoṭ), from Prakrit *𑀕𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀳​𑀝𑁆𑀝 (*gumha​ṭṭa), from 𑀕𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀳 (gumha​) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀝𑁆𑀝- (-ṭṭa-), from Sanskrit *ग्रूष्म (grūṣma) (an unattested variant of ग्रीष्म (grīṣma, “summer”)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʷr̥Hšmás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥h₂-sm(h₂)-ós (“heavy summer”). Doublet of গ্রীষ্ম (griśśõ).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ɡumoʈ/, [ɡumoʈ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ɡumot/, [ɡumot]

Adjective

গুমোট • (gumōṭ) (comparative আরও গুমোট, superlative সবচেয়ে গুমোট)

1. sultry, stuffy, fuggy

   Synonym: ভ্যাপসা (bhêpośa)

   গুমোট আবহাওয়া

   gumōṭ abohaōẇa

   sultry weather

References

• Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language‎^[1], volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 461