গামছা
Bengali
Alternative forms
- গামোছা (gamōcha), গামুছা (gamucha)
Etymology
Syncopated from earlier গামোছা (gamōcha, “body wiper”), from গা (ga) + মোছা (mōcha). Cognate with Sylheti ꠉꠣꠝ꠆ꠍꠣ (gamsá) and Assamese গামোচা (gamüsa). Compare রুমাল (rumal), with similar semantics and etymology.
Pronunciation
Descendants
- → Hindi: गमछा (gamchā)
References
- Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 334
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