ꠝꠣꠍ

Sylheti

Etymology

From Sanskrit मत्स्य (mátsya), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *mátsyas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mátsyas. Cognate with Chakma 𑄟𑄌𑄴 (māc), Assamese মাছ (mas), Bengali মাছ (mach).

Noun

ꠝꠣꠍ • (mas)

  1. fish

References

  • Gwynn, Roger (2016) “mac”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press, page 250.
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