দেৰি

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Assamese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian دیر (der), from Middle Persian 𐫅𐫃𐫡 (dgr /⁠daǧr⁠/), 𐫅𐫏𐫡 (dyr /⁠dēr⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎥 (d-r-g /⁠darga⁠/, long), from Proto-Iranian *dr̥Hgáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dr̥Hgʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥h₁gʰós.

Noun

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দেৰি (derī)

  1. lateness, tardiness, slowness
  2. delay