ꠎꠂꠑ
Sylheti
Etymology
From Sanskrit जैष्ठ्य (jaiṣṭhya). Cognate with Assamese জেঠ (zeth), Bengali জৈষ্ঠ্য (jōiśṭṭho).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zɔiʈ/
Noun
ꠎꠂꠑ • (zoiṭó)
- The second month of the Assamese lunisolar calendar.
- The second month of the Bengali solar calendar.
- (Hinduism) Jyeshta, the third month of the lunar calendar observed by Sylheti Hindus.
Related terms
- (solar months) ꠡꠥꠞꠥꠎꠤ ꠝꠣꠡꠣꠁꠘ (śuruzi maśain); ꠛꠂꠡꠣꠉ (boiśag), ꠎꠂꠑ (zoiṭó), ꠀꠀꠠ (aaṛ), ꠢꠣꠅꠘ (haon), ꠜꠣꠖꠧ (bádo), ꠀꠡꠤꠘ (aśin), ꠇꠣꠔ꠆ꠔꠤ (xatti), ꠀꠉꠘ (agono), ꠙꠥꠡ (fuś), ꠝꠣꠊ (magó), ꠚꠣꠟ꠆ꠇꠥꠘ (fálkun), ꠌꠂꠔ (soito) (Category: syl:Solar months)
References
- Gwynn, Roger (2016) “joit”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press.