আশোত

Bengali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Corruption of অশ্বত্থ (ôśśôtthô),[1] from Sanskrit अश्वत्थ (aśvattha)).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aʃot/

Noun

আশোত • (aśōt)

  1. sacred fig, bo tree, pipal tree, peepul[1] (Ficus religiosa)
    Synonyms: অশ্বত্থ (ôśśôtthô), পিপ্পল (pippol), প্লক্ষ (plôkkhô), পিপুল (pipul), পিপলী (pipôlī), মঙ্গল্য (môṅgôllô), শ্রীবৃক্ষ (śrībrikkhô)

References
  1. দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937) “আশোত, অশোত”, in Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্‌লিশিং হাউস, page 259
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