Etymology

dotara

D2O1T1A1R1A1

Today it means: A stringed instrument from Bengal resembling the mandolin. Full definition →

Bengali দোতারা ← as দোতাৰা ← Persian دوتار
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  1. Persian · derived fromدوتار
  2. as · borrowed fromদোতাৰা
  3. Bengali · borrowed fromদোতারা
  4. English todaydotara

Borrowed from Bengali দোতারা (dōtara) and Assamese দোতাৰা (dütara), from Persian دوتار (do târ) with the Bengali-Assamese suffix -আ (-a, “having, -ed”).

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