চুন

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit चूर्ण (cūrṇa). Doublet of চুর (cur) and চূর্ণ (curno).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃun/, [ˈt͡ʃun]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /tɕun/, [ˈtɕuːn], [ˈtɕun]

Noun

চুন • (cun)

1. (stone) lime

Derived terms

• চুনকাম (cunkam)
• চুনাপাথর (cunapathor, “limestone”)

References

• Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “চুন”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]