আলপনা

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • আলিপনা (alipona) — rare
  • আল্পনা (alpona)
  • আইলপনা (ailpona), আইল্পনা (ailpona) — Vanga

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Bengali আলিপনা (alipona), from Prakrit 𑀆𑀮𑀺𑀁𑀧𑀡 (āliṃpaṇa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit आलिम्पन (ālimpana, “whitening, painting”), from आ- (ā-) +‎ लिम्पन (limpana, “smearing, adhering, plastering”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *limpanam, from Proto-Indo-European *limp-o-nom, from *leyp- (“to stick, adhere, smear; fat or sticky substance”). Cognate with Odia ଆଳିପଣା (āḷipaṇā).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /alpona/, [ˈalponaˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /alpona/, [ˈalponaˑ]

Noun

আলপনা • (alpona)

  1. alpana, rangoli
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