দুম্বা

Bengali

Alternative forms

• দোম্বা (dōmba)

Etymology

Either borrowed from Classical Persian دنبه (dumba) or Inherited from Sanskrit দুম্বক (dumbaka, “thick-tailed sheep”), both from the same origin. Cognate with Hindi दुम्बा (dumbā), English dumba.

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /d̪umba/, [ˈd̪umbaˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /d̪umba/, [ˈd̪umbaˑ]

Noun

দুম্বা • (dumba)

1. fat-tailed sheep, dumba