চামেলি

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *चम्पवेल्लि (campavelli), from चम्प (campa, “magnolia”) +‎ वेल्लि (velli, “Arabian jasmine”). Cognate with Odia ଚାଁମେଲୀ (cãmeli), Maithili 𑂒𑂧𑂵𑂪𑂲 (camelī), Old Awadhi चंबेली (cambelī), Hindustani चमेली (camelī) / چمیلی (camelī), Nepali चमेलि (cameli), Gujarati ચંપેલી (campelī), ચંબેલી (cambelī), ચમેલી (camelī), Punjabi ਚੰਬੇਲੀ (cambelī), Sindhi چَمبايلِي (cambelī).[1] Doublet of চম্পা (compa), চাঁপা (cãpa), বেলি (beli), and মল্লিকা (mollika).

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /tʃameli/, [ˈtʃameliˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /tɕameli/, [ˈtɕameliˑ]

Noun

চামেলি • (cameli)

  1. royal jasmine, Jasminum grandiflorum

Proper noun

চামেলি • (cameli)

  1. a female given name, Chameli

References
  1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “campavēlli”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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