Where does “কিশোরী” come from?

কিশোরী (Bengali) comes from Sanskrit किशोरी, from Sanskrit -ई, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

কিশোরী (Bengali): an adolescent or teenaged girl

Definitions

  1. an adolescent or teenaged girl

Ancestry of “কিশোরী”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritकिशोरीgirl
2Sanskrit-ईfeminine suffix; one who does
3Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Sanskrit -ई →Every word from Sanskrit किशोरी →
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