Where does “বাবুই তুলসী” come from?

বাবুই তুলসী (Bengali) comes from Bengali তুলসী, from Sanskrit तुलसी, from Proto-Dravidian *tulacV — holy basil.

বাবুই তুলসী (Bengali): sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum)

Definitions

  1. sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum)

Ancestry of “বাবুই তুলসী”, step by step

বাবুই তুলসী traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bengali তুলসী

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bengaliতুলসীholy basil, Ocimum tenuiflorum
2Sanskritतुलसीbasil (a sacred plant for Vaishnavas)
3Proto-Dravidian*tulacVholy basil

via Bengali বাবুই

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bengaliবাবুইweaverbird, widow bird
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *tulacV →Every word from Sanskrit तुलसी →Every word from Bengali তুলসী →