শায়া

Bengali

Alternative forms

সায়া (śaẏa)

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese saia, from Old Galician-Portuguese saya, from Vulgar Latin *sagia, from Latin sagum, from earlier sagus, probably from Gaulish *sagos.

Pronunciation

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /ʃae̯a/, [ˈʃae̯aˑ]

(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ʃae̯a/, [ˈʃae̯aˑ]
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Noun

শায়া • (śaẏa)

the Asian petticoat, an underskirt worn beneath a sari from the waist to the ankle

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