ꠞꠦꠡꠝ

Sylheti

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَبْریشَم (abrēšam, silk). Compare Assamese ৰেছম (resom), Bengali রেশম (reśom), Hindustani ریشم / रेशम (reśam).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɾeʃɔm/

Noun

ꠞꠦꠡꠝ • (reśom)

  1. silk

Declension

Inflection of ꠞꠦꠡꠝ (reśomo)
indefinite forms
nominative ꠞꠦꠡꠝ (reśom)
objective ꠞꠦꠡꠝ / ꠞꠦꠡꠝꠞꠦ
(reśom (semantically general or indefinite) / reśomre (semantically definite))
genitive ꠞꠦꠡꠝꠞ (reśomor)
locative ꠞꠦꠡꠝꠧ (reśomo)
ergative ꠞꠦꠡꠝꠦ (reśome)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative ꠞꠦꠡꠝꠉꠥ (reśomogu) ꠞꠦꠡꠝꠉꠥꠁꠘ (reśomoguin)
objective ꠞꠦꠡꠝꠉꠥ / ꠞꠦꠡꠝꠉꠥꠞꠦ (reśomogu / reśomogure) ꠞꠦꠡꠝꠉꠥꠁꠘ / ꠞꠦꠡꠝꠉꠥꠁꠘꠞꠦ (reśomoguin / reśomoguinre)
genitive ꠞꠦꠡꠝꠉꠥꠞ (reśomogur) ꠞꠦꠡꠝꠉꠥꠁꠘꠞ (reśomoguinor)
locative ꠞꠦꠡꠝꠉꠥꠔ (reśomogut) ꠞꠦꠡꠝꠉꠥꠁꠘꠧ (reśomoguino)
ergative ꠞꠦꠡꠝꠉꠥꠄ (reśomogue) ꠞꠦꠡꠝꠉꠥꠁꠘꠦ (reśomoguine)

Derived terms

References

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