বাঁশরি

Bengali

Alternative forms

বাঁশরী (bãśori)

Etymology

Poetic formation from বাঁশি (bãśi) influenced by Hindi बाँसुरी (bā̃surī), which ultimately derives from Sanskrit वंशी (vaṃśī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bã.ʃo.ɾi/

Noun

বাঁশরি • (bãśori)

1. (poetic) flute, pipe

   মম এক হাতে বাঁকা বাঁশের বাঁশরি, আর হাতে রণতূর্য।

   mômô ek hate bãka bãśer bãśori, ar hate rônôturjô.

   In one hand of mine is the bamboo flute, and the other holds the trumpet.

   — Kazi Nazrul Islam (Bidrohi)

References

• Haq, Muhammad Enamul, Lahiri, Shibprasanna, Sarkar, Swarochish (2014 January) “বাঁশরি, বাঁশরী”, in বাংলা একাডেমী ব্যবহারিক বাংলা অভিধান (in Bengali), seventeenth edition, Dhaka, Bangladesh: Bangla Academy, published 2000, →ISBN, page 848
• Ali, Mohammad, Moniruzzaman, Mohammad, Tareque, Jahangir (2012 November) “বাঁশরি, বাঁশরী”, in Bangla Academy Bengali-English Dictionary, thirtieth edition, Dhaka, Bangladesh: Bangla Academy, published 1994, →ISBN, page 519