আমলকী

Bengali
আমলকী

Alternative forms
  • আমলকি (amlôki)

Etymology

From Sanskrit आमलकी (āmalakī).[1] Cognate with Hindi आँवला (ā̃vlā).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /amloki/
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Noun

আমলকী • (amlôkī)

  1. amla, emblic myrobalan, Malacca tree (Phyllanthus emblica)[1][2]
    Synonyms: আমলক (amolok), আমলাতি (amlati), আমলাতী (amlati)
    Holonym: ত্রিফলা (triphôla)
    Meronym: (fruit) আমলা (amola)

References
  1. Haughton, Graves C. (1833) A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language‎, London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 355
  2. দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937) “আমলক, আমলকী”, in Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্‌লিশিং হাউস, page 238
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