বৈঠা

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Bengali বহিঠা (bohiṭha), from Prakrit *𑀯𑀳𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞 (*vahiṭṭha), from Sanskrit वहिष्ठ (vahiṣṭha, “best in carrying or transportation”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *waźʰiṣṭʰas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *waȷ́ʰištʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-isth₂-os, from *weǵʰ- (“to bring, carry, transport”). Cognate with Assamese ব’ঠা (bötha). Doublet of বহা (boha).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /boi̯ʈʰa/, [ˈboi̯ʈʰaˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /boi̯tʰa/, [ˈboi̯tʰaˑ]

Noun

বৈঠা • (bōiṭha)

1. oar, paddle

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “váhiṣṭha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press