বঁইচ

Bengali
বঁইচ

Alternative forms

Etymology

Corruption of Sanskrit বিকঙ্কত (vikaṅkata-).[1][2]

Noun

বঁইচ • (bõic)

  1. batoko plum, Indian plum, ramontchi, Madagascar plum (Flacourtia indica, syn. F. sapida[1])
    Synonyms: বেঙচ (beṅoc), বিকঙ্কত (bikoṅkot), বৈকঙ্কত (bōikoṅkot)

See also

References
  1. Haughton, Graves C. (1833) “বঁইচ”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language‎, London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 1886
  2. দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937) “বঁইচ, বঁইচি”, in Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্‌লিশিং হাউস, page 1469
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