হামানদিস্তা

Bengali
হামানদিস্তা

Alternative forms
  • হামামদিস্তা (hamamdista)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Bengali হাবান্দেস্তা (habandesta), from Classical Persian هاون دسته (hāwan-dasta, “mortar and handle (pestle)”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ɦamand̪ist̪a/, [ˈɦamand̪ist̪aˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ɦamand̪ist̪a/, [ˈɦamand̪ist̪aˑ]
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Noun

হামানদিস্তা • (hamandista)

  1. mortar and pestle

See also
  • উদূখল (udukhol)

References
  1. Haughton, Graves C. (1833) “হামান্‌দিস্তা”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language‎, London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 2739
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