মৈহ

Assamese

Alternative forms

  • মোইহ (müih)
  • ম’হ (möh)Eastern/Standard Assamese

Etymology

From Sanskrit महिष (mahiṣa). Cognate with Bengali মোষ (mōś), Odia ମଇଁଷି (maĩṣi), Hindustani بھینس / भैंस (bha͠is), Sylheti ꠜꠂꠍ (bois).

Noun

মৈহ • (moih) (Central Assamese)

  1. buffalo