ফোকট
Appearance
Bengali
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ফোকট • (phōkoṭ) (comparative আরও ফোকট, superlative সবচেয়ে ফোকট)
Further reading
[edit]- 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