ꠌꠤꠇ

Sylheti

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چِیغْ (čīġ).[1] Compare Hindustani चीख़ / چِیخ (cīx).

Noun

ꠌꠤꠇ • (sik)

  1. shriek, yelp

Derived terms

  • ꠢꠣꠃꠇ ꠌꠤꠇ (hauk sik)
  • ꠢꠣꠃꠇ (hauk)

References

  1. ^ Gwynn, Roger (2016) “cik”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press, page 77.
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