ꠝꠣꠘꠥꠡ

Sylheti

Etymology

From Magadhi Prakrit 𑀫𑀸𑀡𑀼𑀱 (māṇuṣa), from Sanskrit मानुष (mānuṣa).

Noun

ꠝꠣꠘꠥꠡ • (manuś)

  1. man, human

References

  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “māˊnuṣa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  • Gwynn, Roger (2016) “manus”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press.
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