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পাপড়ি

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Bengali

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Bengali পাপডি (pāpaḍi), from Magadhi Prakrit *𑀧𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀟𑀺𑀓 (*pappaḍika), from *𑀧𑀧𑁆𑀧 (*pappa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-) + -𑀇𑀓- (-ika-), from Early Eastern Prakrit *𑀧𑀳𑁆𑀧 (*pahpa), from an even earlier 𑀧𑀔𑁆𑀫 (pakhma), from Vedic Sanskrit पक्ष्म (pakṣma, eyelash). Doublet of পক্ষ্ম (pokkho) and পশম (pośom, wool).

Pronunciation

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  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /papɽi/, [ˈpapɽiˑ], /papɾi/, [ˈpapɾiˑ]

Noun

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পাপড়ি (papṛi)

  1. petal
    ফুলের পাপড়িphuler papṛiflower petal