হাওর

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Bengali[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Sanskrit सागर (sāgara, sea). Doublet of সায়র (śaẏor).

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Noun[edit]

হাওর (haōr) (genitive হাওরের (haōrer), locative হাওরে (haōre))

  1. (Vanga) a waterlogged expanse

Further reading[edit]

  • Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.[1], volume 914, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers.