ꠖꠥꠞ

Sylheti

Etymology

Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀤𑀼𑀭 (dura​), from Sanskrit दूर (dūra). Cognate with Assamese দূৰ (dur), Bengali দূর (dur), Odia ଦୂର (dura), Maithili दूर (dūr), Bhojpuri दूर (dūr), Hindustani دور / दूर (dūr), Gujarati દૂર (dūr), Punjabi ਦੂਰ (dūr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /duɾ/

Noun

ꠖꠥꠞ • (dur)

  1. distance

References

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