Where does “nullah” come from?
Nullah is an English word borrowed from Bengali নালা, originally meaning a watercourse or ravine.
nullah (English): A stream-bed, ravine, or other watercourse; a...
Definitions
- A stream-bed, ravine, or other watercourse; a...
Ancestry of “nullah”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Bengali | নালা | — |
| 2 | Hindi | नाला | drain, drainpipe; ravine, watercourse |
| 3 | Sauraseni Prakrit | 𑀦𑀸𑀮 | — |
| 4 | Sanskrit | नाडी | tube; a measure of time; flute, pipe, tube,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | nadíH | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | nadíH | river |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ned-íh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ned- | to be wet; wet; to tie together |
Words derived from “nullah”