আঁচল

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Assamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Early Assamese আঞ্চল (añcolo), from Sanskrit অঞ্চল (añcala, border or end of a garment).

Doublet of অঞ্চল (oñsol).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

আঁচল (ãsol)

  1. The end or border of a cloth.

Declension[edit]

Alternative classifier: -খন

Bengali[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀅𑀁𑀘𑀮 (aṃcala), from Sanskrit अञ्चल (añcala, border or edge of a garment), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hančalás, from Proto-Indo-European *henk₂-o-lós. Doublet of আঁচলা (ãcola, embroidered fringe of a woman's skirt).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ãtʃol/, [ˈãtʃol], /atʃol/, [ˈatʃol]
    (file)
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /atɕol/, [ˈatɕol], /atɕol/, [ˈatɕol]

Noun[edit]

আঁচল (ãcol)

  1. border, fringe or edge of a garment or cloth (especially that of a woman)
    1. (literary) quilt
      কী আঁচল বিছায়েছ বটের মূলে, নদী কূলে কূলে
      ki ãcol bichaẏech boṭer mule, nodir kule kule.
      What a quilt you have spread out at the feet of banyans, along every river bank.
      Rabindranath Tagore