Assamese

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Etymology

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Cognate with Sylheti ꠌꠣꠃꠟ (saul), Rohingya soil, Bengali চাল (cal), Odia ଚାଉଳ (cāuḷa), Hindi चावल (cāval) .

Noun

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চাউল (saul)

  1. dehusked uncooked rice

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Bengali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Prakrit 𑀘𑀸𑀉𑀮 (cāula), from Sanskrit *चावल (cāvala), *चाबल (cābala), *चामल (cāmala), from the same non-Aryan substrate as তণ্ডুল (tonḍul). Cognate with Sylheti ꠌꠣꠃꠟ (saul), Rohingya soil, Assamese চাউল (saul), Odia ଚାଉଳ (cāuḷa), Bihari चाउर (cāur), Gujarati ચાવળ (cāvaḷ), Nepali चाँवल (cā̃wal), Nepali चामल (cāmal​), Hindustani चावल (cāval) / چاول (cāval), Punjabi ਚਾਵਲ (cāval), ਚੌਲ (caul), Sindhi چانور (cā̃uru), Persian چلو (čelow).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /t͡ʃau̯l/, [ˈt͡ʃau̯l]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /tɕau̯l/, [ˈtɕau̯l]
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  • (Vanga) IPA(key): /t̪sau̯l/, [ˈt̪sau̯l], [ˈsau̯l]

Noun

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চাউল (caul)

  1. uncooked husked rice[2][3][4]
    Synonyms: চাল (cal), তণ্ডুল (tonḍul)

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References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*cāmala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  2. ^ দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937) “চাউল, চাঁউল”, in Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্‌লিশিং হাউস, page 755
  3. ^ Haughton, Graves C. (1833) A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language[1], London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 1065
  4. ^ Carey, William (1828) A Dictionary of the Bengalee Language[2], volume II, Serampore, page 339
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