ꠛꠂꠡꠣꠉ
Sylheti
Alternative forms
- ꠛꠂꠢꠣꠉ (boihag), ꠛꠂꠀꠉ (boiag)
Etymology
From Sanskrit वैशाख (vaiśākha). Cognate with Assamese বহাগ (bohag), Bengali বৈশাখ (bōiśakh).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔiʃaɡ/
Noun
ꠛꠂꠡꠣꠉ • (boiśag)
- The first month of the Assamese lunisolar calendar.
- The first month of the Bengali solar calendar.
- (Hinduism) Vaisakha, the second 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) “boisak”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press.