ꠌꠃꠈ

Sylheti

Alternative forms

Etymology

Likely from Sanskrit चक्षु (cákṣu), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čákšuš (“eye”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷḱus. Compare Assamese চকু (soku), Bengali চোখ (cōkh), Rohingya suk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɔʊk/

Noun

ꠌꠃꠈ • (souk) (objective ꠌꠃꠈ or ꠌꠃꠈꠞꠦ, genitive ꠌꠃꠈꠞ, locative ꠌꠃꠈꠧ or ꠌꠈꠥꠔ, ergative ꠌꠃꠈꠦ)

  1. eye
    ꠀꠝꠣꠞ ꠌꠈꠥꠔ ꠛꠣꠖꠣ ꠙꠠꠍꠦ ⁕
    Amar sokút bada foṛse.
    I've got dust in my eyes.

See also

References

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