তেগ

See also: তেগারি

Bengali

Etymology

From Classical Persian تیغ (tēğ, “blade, sword”), possibly from Middle Persian [script needed] (tyh /⁠tēx⁠/, “sharp edge, ridge”). Cognate with Old Armenian տէգ (tēg) and Turkish tiğ.

Noun

তেগ • (teg) (objective তেগ (teg) or তেগকে (tegoke), genitive তেগের (teger), locative তেগে (tege))

1. sword, scimitar

   আলবোরজের চূড়া গুঁড়া-করা দস্তে দারুণ তেগ

   alborôjer cuṛa gũṛa-kôra dôste darun teg

   The peaks of the Alborz are powdered, in his hand is a brilliant sword!

   - Khaled by Kazi Nazrul Islam

   Synonyms: তলোয়ার (tôloar), তরোয়াল (tôroal), শমশের (śomośer)

Derived terms

• তেগী (tegi)

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “তেগ” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh