ꠍꠣꠚ
Sylheti
Etymology
Cognate with Assamese ছাফ (saph).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sáf/
Adjective
ꠍꠣꠚ • (sáf)
- clean
- 2016, Bible in Sylheti, ꠝꠕꠤ [Matthew] 23:26:
- ꠔꠥꠝꠞꠣ ꠙꠄꠟꠣ ꠅꠔꠣꠞ ꠜꠤꠔꠞ ꠍꠣꠚ ꠇꠞꠅ, ꠔꠦꠃ ꠛꠣꠞꠉꠣꠟꠣ ꠄꠝꠘꠦꠃ ꠍꠣꠚ ꠅꠁꠛ
- Tumra foela otar bítor sáf xoro, teu bargala emne-u sáf oibo
- [Cleanse] first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. (KJV)
- clear
- ꠍꠣꠚ ꠉꠟꠣ ― sáf gola ― clear voice
- light
References
- Gwynn, Roger (2016) “caf%20¹”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press.