ꠝꠥꠟ꠆ꠟꠥꠇ

Sylheti

Alternative forms

  • ꠝꠥꠟꠥꠇ (muluk)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُلْک (mulk), from Arabic مُلْك (mulk). Cognate with Assamese মুলুক (muluk), Bengali মুলুক (muluk), Hindustani मुल्क (mulk) / ملک (mulk)..

Noun

ꠝꠥꠟ꠆ꠟꠥꠇ • (mulluk)

  1. kingdom
    Synonyms: ꠞꠣꠁꠎ꠆ꠎ (raizzo), ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤ (nagori), ꠙꠥꠞꠤ (furi)
  2. (chiefly in Pakistan) (historical) country
    Synonym: ꠖꠦꠡ (deś)

References

  • Gwynn, Roger (2016) “mulluk”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press, page 272.
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