পটোল

Bengali
পটোল

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पटोल (paṭola),[1] from Proto-Dravidian *puṭala.

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /pɔʈol/, [ˈpɔʈol]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /pɔtol/, [ˈpɔtol]
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Noun

পটোল • (poṭōl)

  1. pointed gourd (Trichosanthes dioica Roxb.)[1][2]
    Synonym: নাগফল (nagophol)

Derived terms
  • পটোলী (poṭōli)
  • পটোল তোলা (poṭōl tōla)

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 1646
  2. দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937) Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্‌লিশিং হাউস, page 1254
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