ꠀꠘꠗꠣꠁꠞ

Sylheti

Etymology

From Sanskrit अन्धकार (andhakāra). Cognate with Assamese আন্ধাৰ (andhar), Bengali আঁধার (ãdhar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /an.d̪áɪɾ/

Adjective

ꠀꠘꠗꠣꠁꠞ • (andáir)

  1. dark
  2. dismal

Noun

ꠀꠘꠗꠣꠁꠞ • (andáir) (objective ꠀꠘꠗꠣꠁꠞ (andáir) or ꠀꠘꠗꠣꠁꠞꠞꠦ (andáirre), genitive ꠀꠘꠗꠣꠁꠞꠞ (andáiror), locative ꠀꠘꠗꠣꠁꠞꠧ (andáiro), ergative ꠀꠘꠗꠣꠁꠞꠦ (andáire))

  1. darkness
    ꠀꠘꠖꠣꠁꠞꠧ ꠛꠣꠀ’ꠞ ꠅ‌’ꠁꠅ ꠘꠣ꠪
    andáiro baár óio na.
    Don't go out in the darkness.

Further reading

  • Gwynn, Roger (2016) “anđair”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press, page 13.
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