বৈকঙ্কত
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Etymology
[edit]From Sanskrit वैकङ्कत (vaikaṅkata).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]বৈকঙ্কত • (bōikoṅkot)
- batoko plum, Indian plum, ramontchi, Madagascar plum (Flacourtia indica, syn. F. sapida[1])
- its fruit[2]
See also
[edit]- পানিয়ালা (paniẏala)
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Haughton, Graves C. (1833) “বৈকঙ্কত”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language[1], London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 2097
- ^ দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937) “বিকঙ্কত, বৈকঙ্কত”, in Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্লিশিং হাউস, page 1559