রিকশা

Bengali
কলকাতার হাতেটানা রিকশা (A hand-drawn rickshaw in Calcutta)
চট্টগ্রামের সাইকেল রিকশা (A cycle rickshaw in Chittagong)

Etymology

Borrowed, by way of English rickshaw, ricksha, from Japanese 力車 (rikisha), a shortening of 人力車 (じんりきしゃ jinrikisha), from Middle Chinese 人力 (MC ȵiɪn lɨk̚, “human power”) + 車 (MC kɨʌ, t͡ɕʰia, “cart”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈrik.ʃaˑ]

Noun

রিকশা • (rikśa)

  1. rickshaw
    1. the two-wheeled hand-pulled rickshaw ("হাতেটানা রিকশা")
    2. the three-wheeled cycle rickshaw ("সাইকেল রিকশা")

Derived terms
  • রিকশাওয়ালা (rikśaoala)
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