பேச்சு:சங்கு
ஆ.வியில் இதன் பெயர்த் தோற்றம் பற்றி சான்று அற்று உள்ளது. தெரிந்தவர்கள் இணைக்கவும்.
The original word is from Tamil Sangu which mean spiral in Tamil. The Conch had a major role in Tamil civilization where it used as an instrument to call for attention of a meeting. When the Portuguese first encountered India in the Bengal region and the western coast, the local dialects had an "o" pronunciation for the middle "a" and a softening of the initial "sh" and final "kh". The word was pronounced locally as "sonka" which in Portuguese was transliterated as "çoncha" (with very similar pronunciation as "sonka") and alternatively without the final "a". The English word is a spelling pronunciation of the Portuguese word.