বিলগ

Assamese

Alternative forms

• বেলেগ (beleg) — more common

Etymology

Probably from Sanskrit ৱিলগ্ন (vilagna) or Sanskrit ৱিযগ্ন (viyagna). Compare Kamta বেলেগ (beleg), Sylheti ꠛꠦꠟꠦꠉ (beleg), Odia ବେଗଳ (begôḷô), Hindustani बिलग / بِلگ (bilag), Nepali बेग्लो (beglo), Gujarati વેગલું (veglũ), Marathi वेगळे (vegḷe).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.lɔɡ/

Adjective

বিলগ • (bilog)

1. different, separate

   Synonyms: আলগ (alog), সূকীয়া (xukia), দোছোৰা (düsüra)

   • 1936, Kaliram Medhi, ASSAMESE GRAMMAR AND ORIGIN OF THE ASSAMESE LANGUAGE :

     দেৱনাগৰী, বঙলা, অসমীয়া আৰু উড়িয়া আখৰ এতিয়া বিলগ বিলগ হলেও সিহঁতৰ পৰস্পৰৰ ভিতৰত ইমান সাদৃশ্য আছে যে সিহঁতৰ আটাইবিলাকক একে আৰ্হিৰ আখৰ বুলিব পাৰি।

     dewonagori, boṅola, oxomia aru uria akhor etia bilog bilog holeü xihõtor porosporor bhitorot iman xadrisso ase ze xihõtor ataibilakok eke arhir akhor bulibo pari.

     Even though Devanagari, Bengali, Assamese and Odia scripts are different now, they have enough similarities among each other that all of them can be considered as scripts of the same format.

Derived terms

• বিলগ-বিলগ (bilog-bilog)

 

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “viyagna”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vilagna”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press