শকত

Assamese

Etymology

Inherited from Early Assamese শকট (śokoṭo). Compare Sanskrit শকট (śakaṭa, “cart, carriage”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɔ.kɔt/

Adjective

শকত • (xokot)

1. fat, potbellied

   Synonyms: পেটুলা (petula), পেটুৱা (petua), লেধেমা (ledhema), পেটেলা (petela), গাৱাল (gawal), গদহা (godoha), ধোদোঙা (dhüdüṅa), মেদা (meda)

Usage notes

The synonyms are very informal, but not শকত (xokot).

References

• “শকত”, in Candrakānta abhidhāna: Asamīyā śabdara butpatti āru udāharaṇere Asamīyā-Ingrājī dui bhashara artha thakā abhidhāna [Comprehensive dictionary of the Assamese language with etymology and illustrations of words with their meanings in Assamese and English], 2^nd edition, Guwahati: Gauhati University, 1962, →OCLC.