ꠍꠣꠚ

Sylheti

Etymology

Cognate with Assamese ছাফ (saph).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sáf/

Adjective

ꠍꠣꠚ • (sáf)

  1. 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)
  2. clear
    ꠍꠣꠚ ꠉꠟꠣsáf golaclear voice
    • 2016, Bible in Sylheti, ꠍꠣꠢꠣꠛꠤ ꠘꠣꠝꠣ [Acts] 3:19:
      ꠎꠣꠔꠦ ꠀꠙꠘꠣꠁꠘ꠆ꠔꠞ ꠉꠥꠘꠣ ꠅꠇꠟ ꠚꠥꠍꠤꠀ ꠍꠣꠚ ꠇꠞꠣ ꠅꠄ
      zate afnaintor guna oxol fúsía sáf xora oe
      that your sins may be blotted out (KJV)
  3. light

References

  • Gwynn, Roger (2016) “caf%20¹”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press.