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Where does “ক্ষার” come from?
ক্ষার (Bengali) comes from Sanskrit क्षार, from Proto-Indo-European kseros.
ক্ষার
(Bengali): alkali
Definitions
alkali
Ancestry of “ক্ষার”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Sanskrit
क्षार
salt, alkali; sharp, acrid, pungent; caustic,...
2
Proto-Indo-European
kseros
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Words derived from “ক্ষার”
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