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ঝিনুক

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Bengali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Of non-Aryan substrate origin; probably from the same source as various Sanskrit words for mollusks or their characteristic shells: कम्बु (kambu, shell, conch), शम्बु (śambu, mollusk shell), शम्बूक (śambūka, bivalve, snail) (whence শামুক (śamuk)); and perhaps also related to Assamese জেলুক (zeluk, snail). For other sets of substrate borrowings, see চিংড়ি (ciṅṛi) and ডুমুর (ḍumur).

Pronunciation

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  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /d͡ʒʱinuk/, [ˈd͡ʒʱinuk]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /dʑʱinuk/, [ˈdʑʱinuk]

Noun

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ঝিনুক (jhinuk)

  1. oyster; mussel; cockle; any bivalve
    1. bivalve or pearl shell

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.[1], Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 346.