পনীর

Bengali

Alternative forms

পনির (ponir)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (panīr), from Middle Persian pnyl, which is ultimately from the Proto-Iranian verbal root *nayH- (“to churn butter”) with the preverb *pati-. The Iranian root is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nayH- (“to churn butter”). Doublet of নবনী (noboni), meaning fresh butter.

Pronunciation

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /poniɾ/, [ˈponiɾ]

(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /poniɹ/, [ˈponiɹ]

Noun

পনীর • (ponir)

cheese, paneer

References

Accessible Dictionary, “পনির, পনীর” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
Accessible Dictionary, “পনির, পনীর” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh

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