তেড়া

Bengali

Alternative forms

• ত্যাড়া (têṛa), টেড়া (ṭeṛa), ট্যাড়া (ṭêṛa)

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀢𑁆𑀭𑁂𑀟𑁆𑀟 (*treḍḍa), *𑀢𑁆𑀭𑁂𑀟𑁆𑀠 (*treḍḍha, “slanted, crosswise”), of substrate origin. Cognate with Assamese টেৰা (tera), Odia ଟେଡ଼ା (ṭeṛā), ତେଢ଼ା (teṛhā), Maithili तेढ़ (tēṛh), Bhojpuri टेढ़ (ṭēṛh), Hindustani टेढ़ा / ٹیڑھا (ṭeṛhā), Gujarati તેડું (teḍũ), Nepali टेड़ो (ṭeṛo), Punjabi ਟੇਢਾ (ṭeḍhā), Marathi तेडा (teḍā), तेढा (teḍhā). Doublet of তেওড়া (teōṛa).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /t̪æɽa/, [ˈt̪æɽaˑ], /t̪æɾa/, [ˈt̪æɾaˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /t̪ɛɹa/, [ˈt̪ɛɹaˑ]

Adjective

তেড়া • (teṛa) (comparative আরও তেড়া, superlative সবচেয়ে তেড়া)

1. crooked, bent
2. curved, twisted
3. cross-eyed, squint-eyed