Where does “পাঠ” come from?

পাঠ (Bengali) comes from Sanskrit पाठ, from Sanskrit पठ्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pl̥tH-.

পাঠ (Bengali): reading, study

Definitions

  1. reading, study

Ancestry of “পাঠ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritपाठrecitation, recital; reading, perusal, study; a...
2Sanskritपठ्to read or repeat aloud, recite, rehearse
3Proto-Indo-Iranian*pl̥tH-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pl̥tH- →Every word from Sanskrit पठ् →Every word from Sanskrit पाठ →