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ফোকট

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Bengali

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀨𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀓 (*phokka, hollow) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀝𑁆𑀝- (-ṭṭa-), from a substrate language. Cognate with Marathi फुकट (phukaṭ), Gujarati ફોગટ (phogaṭ), Hindi फोकट (phokaṭ).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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ফোকট (phōkoṭ) (comparative আরও ফোকট, superlative সবচেয়ে ফোকট)

  1. worthless, valueless
    Synonyms: মুফ্ত (muphto), বিনামূল্য (binamullo), মাগনা (magona), ফাঁকতাল (phãktal)
    ফোকটে কাজ সারার চেষ্টা না করাই ভালো।
    phōkṭe kaj śarar ceśṭa na korai bhalō.
    It's not good to make work done by a fluke.
  2. free (of charge)
    Synonym: ফ্রি (phri)
  3. cheap

Further reading

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  • Sen, Sukumar (1971) “phuk(a)”, in An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000–1800 A.D., Calcutta: Eastern Publishers
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*pōka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press