করলা

Bengali
করলা

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कारवेल्ल (kāravella), ultimately borrowed from Proto-Dravidian *kāravella.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔɾola/
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Noun

করলা • (korla)

  1. balsam pear, bitter gourd (Momordica charantia)[1]
    Synonyms: উচ্ছা (uccha), উচ্ছে (ucche), কারবেল্ল (karbellô), কারবেল্লী (karbellī), কারবল্লী (karbôllī), কারিবেল্ল (karibellô)

See also
  • কর্কোটক (korkōṭok), কাকরোল (kakrōl)

References
  1. Haughton, Graves C. (1833) “কৰলা”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language‎, London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 616
  2. দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937) 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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