Where does “পত্রিকা” come from?

পত্রিকা (Bengali) comes from Sanskrit पत्त्रिका — a leaf (for writing upon), a letter, document, etc.

পত্রিকা (Bengali): newspaper

Definitions

  1. newspaper

Ancestry of “পত্রিকা”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritपत्त्रिकाa leaf (for writing upon), a letter, document, etc
Every word from Sanskrit पत्त्रिका
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