পাঙ্গাশ

Bengali

Alternative forms

• পাঙ্গাস (paṅgaś)
• পাঙ্গুস (paṅgus)
• পাঙ্গুয়া (paṅguẏa)
• পাঙাস (paṅaś)

Etymology

A variant of পিঙ্গাশ (piṅgaś), which is ultimately from Sanskrit पिङ्ग (piṅga, “yellow, brown, tawny”), named such due to the yellow-colored tail of the fish.

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /paŋɡaʃ/, [ˈpaŋɡaʃ], /paŋaʃ/, [ˈpaŋaʃ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /paŋɡaʃ/, [ˈpaŋɡaʃ], /paŋaʃ/, [ˈpaŋaʃ]

Noun

পাঙ্গাশ • (paṅgaś)

1. A yellowtail catfish (Pangasius pangasius)
2. (broadly) the genus Pangasius

Descendants

• → Translingual: Pangasius
  • ⇒ English: panga