করবী

Bengali

Alternative forms
  • করবীর (kôrôbīr)

Etymology

From Sanskrit করবীর (karavīra-).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔɾɔbi/

Noun

করবী • (kôrôbī)

  1. oleander (Nerium oleander, syn. N. odorum[1])

References
  1. Haughton, Graves C. (1833) “করবী; করবীর”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language‎, London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 615
  2. দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937) “করবী”, in Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্‌লিশিং হাউস, page 440
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