কোষ্টা

Bengali

Alternative forms

কষ্টা (kośṭa), কস্টা (kosṭa)
কুষ্টা (kuśṭa), কোস্টা (kōsṭa)
কুষ্টি (kuśṭi), কষ্টি (kośṭi)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Bengali কষ্টা (kośṭa), from Classical Persian (kaž tāh, “plaited silk”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /koʃʈa/, [ˈkoʂʈaˑ]

Noun

কোষ্টা • (kōśṭa)

jute

Derived terms

কুষ্টিয়া (kuśṭiẏa, “Kushtia”)

References

Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.‎, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 948.

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