ꠝꠦꠇꠥꠞ

Sylheti

ꠄꠇꠐꠣ ꠝꠦꠇꠥꠞ

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Etymology

Perhaps imitative, compare Bengali মেকুর (mekur), Chittagonian মিউর (miur), Kamrupi মেকুৰ (mêkur) and Assamese মেকুৰী (mêkuri); cognates confined to the Bengali-Assamese languages.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mekuɾ/

Noun

ꠝꠦꠇꠥꠞ • (mekur)

1. cat

   Synonym: ꠛꠤꠟꠣꠁ (bilai)

References

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