গামছা

• গামুছা (gamucha)

Inherited from Old Bengali *গৌংছা (gauṃchā) with influence from গা (ga, “body”) and মুছা (mucha, “to wipe”) (with extreme influence present in the above variant), from Prakrit *𑀅𑀗𑁆𑀕𑀉𑀜𑁆𑀙 (*aṅgaüñcha) (Sanskritized as Sanskrit अङ्गोञ्छ (aṅgoñcha)) with aphaeresis, perhaps from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀅𑀗𑁆𑀕𑀯𑀼𑀜𑁆𑀙 (*aṅgavuñcha), from earlier *𑀅𑀗𑁆𑀕𑀧𑀼𑀜𑁆𑀙 (*aṅgapuñcha​, literally “body wiper”), from 𑀅𑀗𑁆𑀕 (aṅga, “limb; body”, from Sanskrit अङ्ग (aṅga)) +‎ *𑀧𑀼𑀜𑁆𑀙 (*puñcha, “to wipe”, from a substrate, whence also পোঁছা (pō̃cha)). Cognate with Assamese গামোচা (gamüsa), Kamta আংছা (aṅsa), Odia ଅଙ୍ଗୁଛା (ôṅgucha), Hindi अंगोछा (aṅgochā), Nepali अङौछो (aṅaucho), Marathi अंग्छा (aṅgchā), Gujarati અંગુછો (aṅgucho), Punjabi ਅਙ੍ਗੋਚ੍ਛਾ (aṅgocchā).

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ɡamtʃʰa/, [ɡamtʃʰaˑ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ɡamtɕʰa/, [ɡamtɕʰaˑ]

গামছা • (gamocha)

1. towel

   Synonyms: রুমাল (rumal), তোয়ালে (tōẇale)

• → Hindi: गमछा (gamchā)

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “angoncha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press