Etymology

koomkie

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Today it means: A tame female elephant used as a decoy in the capture of wild male elephants. Full definition →

Bengali কুমকি ← Classical Persian کمک
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  1. Classical Persian · derived fromکمک
  2. Bengali · borrowed fromকুমকি
  3. English todaykoomkie

Borrowed from Bengali কুমকি (kumki), from Classical Persian کمک (kumak).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.