শৈবাল
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Bengali
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Alternative forms
[edit]- শৈবল (śōibol)
Etymology
[edit]Derived from Sanskrit शैवाल (śaivāla, “Blyxa octandra”).[1]。
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]শৈবাল • (śōibal)
- algae[2]
- Blyxa octandra (Vallisneria octandra), an aquatic plant of the family Hydrocharitaceae[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Haughton, Graves C. (1833) “শৈবল”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language[1], London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 2515
- ^ বরিবেশ শব্দকোষ[2] (in Bengali), ঢাকা: সেন্টার ফর সাসটেইনেবল ডেভলপমেন্ট, 1998
- ^ দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937) “শৈবাল,শৈবল”, in Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্লিশিং হাউস, page 1957