ꠌꠤꠘ꠆ꠔꠣ

Borrowed from Sanskrit चिन्ता (cintā). Compare Assamese চিন্তা (sinta), Bengali চিন্তা (cinta).

• IPA^(key): /sinta/

ꠌꠤꠘ꠆ꠔꠣ • (sinta)

1. thinking, thought, cogitation
   • 2016, Bible in Sylheti, ꠟꠥꠇ [Luke] 5:22:

     ꠔꠣꠞꠣꠞ ꠖꠤꠟꠞ ꠌꠤꠘ꠆ꠔꠣ ꠁꠍꠣꠄ ꠛꠥꠎꠤꠟꠤꠟꠣ, ꠛꠥꠎꠤꠀ ꠇꠁꠟꠣ, “ꠀꠙꠘꠣꠞꠣ ꠇꠦꠘꠦ ꠁꠟꠣ ꠌꠤꠘ꠆ꠔꠣ ꠇꠞꠞꠣ?[”]

     Tarar dilor sinta Isáe buzilila, buzia xoila, “Afnara xene ila sinta xorra?[”]

     But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts? (KJV)

2. worry, care

   ꠇꠤꠅꠞ ꠌꠤꠘ꠆ꠔꠣ ― kior sinta ― Who cares? (literally, “Worry of what?”)

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