সৰু
Assamese
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit সৰু (saru, “fine, thin”). Cognate with Sylheti ꠢꠥꠞꠥ (huru, “small, little”), Hajong হুৰু (huru), Bishnupriya Manipuri হুরু (huru), Bengali সরু (śoru, “thin, slender, narrow”), Odia ସରୁ (saru, “thin”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xɔ.ɹu/
Adjective
সৰু • (xoru)
- little, small
- young, junior, minor, lesser
- trivial, trifling, unimportant, of no consequence
- সৰু কথা ― xoru kotha ― trivial matter
- low, mean, insignificant, contemptible; common
- childhood
Antonyms
- ডাঙৰ (daṅor)
Derived terms
- সৰু কৰা (xoru kora)
- সৰু-বন্ধনী (xoru-bondhoni)
- সৰু-সুৰা (xoru-xura)
- সৰুপানী (xorupani)
- সৰুফলা (xoruphola)
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “saru”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press