পায়রা

Bengali

Etymology

A metathesized inheritance from Magadhi Prakrit *𑀧𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀬 (*pārāya), from Sanskrit पारावत (pārāvata, “remote, distant”), a compound of परा (parā, “distant”) + -वत् (-vat).[1] Cognate with Kamta পাৰো (parü), Sylheti ꠙꠣꠞꠧ (faro), Assamese পাৰোৱা (parüa), Odia ପାରା (para), Nepali परेवा (parewā).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pae̯ra/

Noun

পায়রা • (payra)

  1. pigeon, domestic pigeon

Synonyms

References
  1. Monier Williams (1899) “পায়রা”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 620.
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