পুখরী

Middle Bengali

Alternative forms
  • পুখরি (pukhori), পুখুরী (pukhuri), পোখরী (pōkhori), পোখরি (pōkhori)
  • পুকর (pukor), পুখর (pukhor), পোখর (pōkhor)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Bengali পোখিরী (pokhirī), from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀧𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀭 (pokkhara, “lotus pond”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇- (-i-), from Sanskrit पौष्कर (pauṣkara), vriddhi of पुष्कर (puṣkara, “blue lotus”), from the root पुष् (puṣ, “to thrive”). Cognate with Early Assamese পোখৰী (pökhorī).

Noun

পুখরী (pukhori)

  1. pond, tank

Descendants
  • Bengali: পুকুর (pukur)

Further reading
  • Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.‎, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 572.
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