অসম

Assamese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔ.xɔm/
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

Uncertain. There are several theories for the etymology of this name:

Compare Classical Persian آشام (āšām) (c. 16th century). See more on the the Wikipedia page.

Proper noun

অসম • (oxom)

  1. Assam (a state in northeastern India)
Declension
Inflection of অসম
absolutive অসম (ôxôm)
ergative অসমে (ôxôme)
accusative অসম / অসমক (ôxôm / ôxômok)
genitive অসমৰ (ôxômor)
dative অসমলৈ (ôxômoloi)
instrumental অসমেৰে (ôxômere)
locative অসমত (ôxômot)

Accusative Note: -ক (-k) is used for animate sense. No case marking is used for inanimate sense.
Dative Note 1: In some dialects its variant -লে (-le) is used instead.
Dative Note 2: In some dialects the locative marking -ত (-t) or the accusative marking -ক (-k) is used instead.
Instrumental Note: In some dialects -দি (-di) marks this case instead of -ৰে (-re).

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit असम (asama).

Adjective

অসম • (oxom)

  1. heterogenous, dissimilar, unequal

See also

states of India: ভাৰতৰ ৰাজ্যবিলাক (bharotor raizzbilak)edit

Further reading

  • অসম”, 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], 2nd edition, Guwahati: Gauhati University, 1962, →OCLC, page 59.

Bengali

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit असम (asama). By surface analysis, অ- (o-) +‎ সম (śômô).

Adjective

অসম • (ośômo) (comparative আরও অসম, superlative সবচেয়ে অসম)

  1. unequal, uneven

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Assamese অসম (oxom). Doublet of আসাম (aśam).

Proper noun

অসম • (ośom)

  1. Assam (a state in northeastern India)
    Synonym: আসাম (aśam)

See also

Pali

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

অসম n

  1. Bengali script form of asama
Declension

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Adjective

অসম n

  1. Bengali script form of asama
Declension