ঝিনুক
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Bengali[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Of non-Aryan substrate origin; probably from the same source as various Sanskrit words for mollusks or their characteristic shells: कम्बु (kambu, “shell, conch”), शम्बु (śambu, “mollusk shell”), शम्बूक (śambūka, “bivalve, snail”) (whence শামুক (śamuk)); and perhaps also related to Assamese জেলুক (zeluk, “snail”). For other sets of substrate borrowings, see চিংড়ি (ciṅṛi) and ডুমুর (ḍumur).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ঝিনুক • (jhinuk)
Derived terms[edit]
- ঝিনাইদহ (jhinaidoho)
Further reading[edit]
- Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.[1], Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 346.