পেঁড়া

Bengali

Alternative forms

• প্যাঁড়া (pễṛa) — pronunciation spelling
• পেড়া (peṛa), প্যাড়া (pêṛa)

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀧𑁂𑀁𑀟 (*peṃḍa), *𑀧𑁂𑀟 (*peḍa, “lump”), from a substrate, probably the source of Sanskrit पिण्ड (piṇḍa) as well, whence পিণ্ড (pinḍo) and পিঁড়া (pĩṛa). Cognate with Odia ପେଡା (peḍā), ପେଣ୍ଡା (peṇḍā), Gujarati પેંડા (peṇḍā), Hindustani پیڑَا (peṛā) / पेड़ा (peṛā), Punjabi ਪੇੜਾ (peṛā) / پیڑا (peṛā), Marathi पेढा (peḍhā).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /pæ̃ɽa/, [ˈpæ̃ɽaˑ], /pæ̃ɾa/, [ˈpæ̃ɾaˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /pɛɹa/, [ˈpɛɹaˑ]

Noun

পেঁড়া • (pẽṛa)

1. peda (a type of South Asian sweet)