মেথী

Bengali
মেথী (Trigonella foenum-graecum)
মেথী (Trigonella foenum-graecum)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /metʰi/

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit मेथी (methī),[1][2] ultimately borrowed from Proto-Dravidian *mentti.

Alternative forms
  • মেথি (methi), মেতি (meti)

Noun

মেথী • (methi)

  1. fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum)[1]
    Synonyms: মেথিকা (methika), গন্ধবীজা (gôndhôbija)
    Hypernym: (leaf vegetable) শাক (śak)
See also
  • পিড়িং (piṛiṅ)

Etymology 2

Corruption of মাথা (matha, “top, summit”).[2]

Noun

মেথী • (methi)

  1. sap of the summit of date palm or palmyra palm tree[2]
    Hypernym: মজ্জা (mojja)

References
  1. Haughton, Graves C. (1833) “মেথী”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language‎, London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 2317
  2. দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937) “মেথী১; মেথী২”, in Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্‌লিশিং হাউস, page 1791
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