সৰু

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Assamese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit সৰু (saru, fine, thin). Cognate with Sylheti ꠢꠥꠞꠥ (huru, small, little), Hajong হুৰু (huru), Bishnupriya Manipuri হুরু (huru), Bengali সরু (śoru, thin, slender, narrow), Odia ସରୁ (saru, thin).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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সৰু (xoru)

  1. little, small
    বাহিৰত এটা সৰু ল’ৰা থিয়݁ হৈ আছেbahirot eta xoru löra thio hoi ase.There's a small child standing outside.
    সৰু গাড়ীxoru garia small vehicle (a car)
  2. young, junior, minor, lesser
  3. trivial, trifling, unimportant, of no consequence
    সৰু কথাxoru kothatrivial matter
  4. low, mean, insignificant, contemptible; common
  5. childhood
    মই সৰুতে এই চিনেমাখন চাইছিলোঁ
    moi xorute ei sinemakhon saisilü̃.
    I watched this film childhood.
    সি সৰুৰে পৰা বহুত ধুনীয়াকৈ নাচে
    xi xorure porai bohut dhuniakoi nase.
    He dances very well since childhood.

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Derived terms

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References

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