Where does “সাদা তুলসী” come from?

সাদা তুলসী (Bengali) comes from Bengali সাদা, from Persian ساده, from Middle Persian sādag.

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

Definitions

  1. sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum)

Ancestry of “সাদা তুলসী”, step by step

সাদা তুলসী traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bengali সাদা

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bengaliসাদাwhite; plain, clean
2Persianسادهsimple; easy; plain, ordinary
3Middle Persiansādag—

via Bengali তুলসী

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bengaliতুলসীholy basil, Ocimum tenuiflorum
2Sanskritतुलसीbasil (a sacred plant for Vaishnavas)
3Proto-Dravidian*tulacVholy basil
Every word from Middle Persian sādag →Every word from Persian ساده →Every word from Bengali সাদা →