চৰা

See also: চৰ and চড়া

Assamese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Early Assamese চৰাৱ (corawo).

Alternative forms

  • চাউৰা (saura)Kamrupi

Adjective

চৰা • (sora)

  1. high
    চৰা দামsora damhigh price
  2. tall
    (Dehan)
    মই মণিৰ পেনা চৰা আছং
    moi monir pena sora asoṅ.
    I'm taller than Mani.
    Synonym: ওখ (ükho, more common in Standard)
  3. prominent

Etymology 2

Assamese verb set
চৰ (sor)
চৰা (sora)
চৰুৱা (sorua)
চৰুওৱা (soruüa)

From Sanskrit চৰতি (carati), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (to move; to turn (around)). Cognate with Hindustani چرنا / चराना (carānā). Doublet of চলা (sola).

Verb

চৰা • (sora) (intransitive)

  1. to move
  2. to graze
Conjugation

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