পোখরী

Middle Bengali

Alternative forms

• পুখরি (pukhori), পুখরী (pukhori), পুখুরী (pukhuri), পোখরি (pōkhori)
• পুকর (pukor), পুখর (pukhor), পোখর (pōkhor)

Etymology

From Prakrit 𑀧𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀭𑀺𑀅 (pŏkkharia), Sanskrit पुष्करिक (puṣkarika). Cognate with Early Assamese পোখৰী (pökhorī).

Noun

পোখরী (pōkhori)

1. tank, pond

Descendants

• Bengali: পুকুর (pukur)

Further reading

• Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.‎^[1], Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 583.