দোলনা

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Bengali[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Sanskrit दुलन (dulana), from दुल् (dul, “to swing”) +‎ -अन (-ana, suffix indicating tool or instrument). Doublet of দোলা (dōla).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /d̪olna/, [ˈd̪olnaˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /d̪olna/, [ˈd̪olnaˑ]
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Noun[edit]

দোলনা • (dōlna)

  1. swing (a sort of playground equipment)[2]
    Synonym: ঝোলনা (jhōlna)
  2. cradle[1][2]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Haughton, Graves C. (1833) “দোলনা”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language‎[1], London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 1468
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937) “দোলনা”, in Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্‌লিশিং হাউস, page 1107
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