ꠢꠇꠟ

Sylheti

Etymology

From Sanskrit सकल (sakala). Cognate with Assamese সকলো (xokolü), Bengali সকল (śokol), Hindi सकल (sakal).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦɔxɔl/

Adjective

ꠢꠇꠟ • (hoxol)

  1. all, whole, entire
    • 2017, Folktales in Sylheti: The Boy Who Cried Tiger, →ISBN:
      ꠉꠞꠥ ꠞꠣꠇꠣꠔ ꠉꠤꠀ ꠢꠦ ꠢꠇꠟ ꠡꠝꠄ ꠄꠇꠐꠣ ꠖꠥꠡ꠆ꠐꠣꠝꠤ ꠇꠞꠔ
      goru raxat gia he hoxol śomoe exṭa duśṭami xorto
      Upon going to the cattle pasture, he would make mischief all the time.

References

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