ꠉꠞꠥ

Sylheti

Etymology

From Sanskrit गोरूप (gorūpa). Compare Assamese গৰু (goru), Bengali গোরু (gōru).

Noun

ꠉꠞꠥ • (goru)

  1. cow
  2. cattle
    • 2017, Folktales in Sylheti: The Boy Who Cried Tiger, →ISBN:
      ꠉꠞꠥ ꠞꠣꠇꠣꠔ ꠉꠤꠀ ꠢꠦ ꠢꠇꠟ ꠡꠝꠄ ꠄꠇꠐꠣ ꠖꠥꠡ꠆ꠐꠣꠝꠤ ꠇꠞꠔ
      goru raxat gia he hoxol śomoe exṭa duśṭami xorto
      Upon going to the cattle pasture, he would always make mischief.

References

  • Gwynn, Roger (2016) “goru”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press.
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