নাগেশ্বর

Bengali
নাগেশ্বর
নাগেশ্বর

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नागेश्वर (nāgeśvara), which is synchronically analyzable as নাগ (nag, “cobra”)+ ঈশ্বর (iśśor, “lord”).[1] Cf. English nahor.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /naɡeʃːɔɾ/
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Noun

নাগেশ্বর • (nageśśor)

  1. Ceylon ironwood, Indian rose chestnut (Mesua ferrea)[1]
    Synonyms: নাগকেশর (nagkeśor), কনক (konok), কাঞ্চন (kancon)

References
  1. Haughton, Graves C. (1833) A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language‎, London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 1549
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