ꠇꠕꠣ

Sylheti

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कथा (kathā, “conversation, speech”). Cognate with Assamese কথা (kotha), Bengali কথা (kotha)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xɔt̪á/

Noun

ꠇꠕꠣ • (xotá)

  1. word, speech, utterance, statement
  2. talk, conversation, discourse
  3. topic
  4. saying
  5. story, tale
  6. promise

References

  • Gwynn, Roger (2016) “koŧa_¹”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press.
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