খৰাং

Assamese

Etymology

From খৰ (khor, “dry weather; quick”) +‎ -আং (-aṅ, “being of the nature”). খৰ (khor) is from Sanskrit খৰ (khara, “hard; sharp; pungent”), from late Proto-Indo-European/substrate root *kar (“stone, hard”). Cognate with Bengali খরা (khora).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰɔ.ɹaŋ/

Adjective

খৰাং • (khoraṅ)

  1. dry, infertile, drought
    খৰাং বতৰৰ বাবে ছন পৰি আছে বহুহেক্টৰ কৃষিভূমি।
    khoraṅ botoror babe son pori ase bohuhektor krixibhumi.
    Many hectares of farmlands remains uncultivated due to dry season.
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