ꠟꠡ꠆ꠇꠞ

Sylheti

Etymology

Derived from Classical Persian لشکر (laškar). Cognate with Hindustani (Hindi लश्कर (laśkar), Urdu لَشْکَر (laśkar)), Bengali লস্কর (loskor), Gujarati લશ્કર (laśkar). Compare English lascar, French lascar, Portuguese lascar, Spanish lascar, Turkish leşker, Northern Kurdish leşker.

Noun

ꠟꠡ꠆ꠇꠞ • (lośxor)

1. seaman
2. (chiefly in India) A lascar from Barak Valley.
3. (chiefly in Bangladesh) A lascar from Sylhet.

Proper noun

ꠟꠡ꠆ꠇꠞ • (lośxor)

1. a title
2. a surname

See also

• ꠌꠗꠞꠤ (sodri)
• ꠔꠣꠟꠥꠇꠖꠣꠞ (talukdar)
• ꠡꠣ (śa)

References

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