শুঁটকি

Bengali

Alternative forms

শুঁটকী (śũṭki), শুটকি (śuṭki), শুটকী (śuṭki)
হুটকি (huṭki) — Vanga

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Bengali শুকটি (śukṭi), from Old Bengali সুকটি (sukaṭi), from Prakrit 𑀲𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀺 (sukkaṭṭi), feminine form of 𑀲𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀝𑁆𑀝 (sukkaṭṭa), from 𑀲𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓 (sukka) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀝𑁆𑀝𑁆- (-ṭṭ-), from Sanskrit शुष्क (śuṣka). Cognate with Sylheti ꠢꠥꠐꠇꠤ (huṭki), Assamese শুকটি (xukoti), Odia ସୁକ୍ଟୀ (sukṭi), Hindi सुक्टी (sukṭī), Nepali सुकुटि (sukuṭi). Doublet of শুষ্ক (śuśko), শুখা (śukha), শুষা (śuśa), শোষণ (śōśon), and খুশকি (khuśoki).

Pronunciation

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /ʃũʈki/, [ˈʃũʈkiˑ]

(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ʃutki/, [ˈʃutkiˑ]
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Noun

শুঁটকি • (śũṭki)

dried fish

Adjective

শুঁটকি • (śũṭki) (comparative আরও শুঁটকি, superlative সবচেয়ে শুঁটকি)

dried
emaciated and shriveled

References

Accessible Dictionary, “শুঁটকি, শুঁটকী” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
Accessible Dictionary, “শুঁটকি, শুঁটকী, শুটকি” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh

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