বাছুর

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Old Bengali *বাছৌর (*bāchaur) with syncope, from earlier *বাছরু (*bācharu) with metathesis, from Prakrit *𑀯𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀭𑀽𑀯 (*vaccharūva), from Sanskrit *वत्सरूप (vatsarūpa, literally “calf-shaped”), from वत्स (vatsa, “calf”) +‎ रूप (rūpa, “shape”). Cognate with Assamese বাছৰু (basoru), Odia ବାଛରୁ (bachôru), Bihari बछ्रु (bachru), Gujarati વાછ્રું (vāchrũ), Marathi वास्रूं (vāsrū̃), Konkani वास्रुं (vāsrũ).

Pronunciation

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /batʃʰuɾ/, [ˈbatʃʰuɾ]

(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /batɕʰuɹ/, [ˈbatɕʰuɹ]
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Noun

বাছুর • (bachur)

calf

Derived terms

এঁড়ে বাছুর (ẽṛe bachur)
মাদি বাছুর (madi bachur)

References

Accessible Dictionary, “বাছুর” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
Accessible Dictionary, “বাছুর” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh

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