ꠢꠣꠅꠘ
Sylheti
Alternative forms
- ꠀꠅꠘ (aon)
Etymology
From Sanskrit श्रावण (śrāvaṇa). Cognate with Assamese শাওন (xaün), Bengali শাওন (śaōn), Hindi सावन (sāvan), Urdu ساون (sāon).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɦaɔn/
Noun
ꠢꠣꠅꠘ • (haon)
- The fourth month of the Assamese lunisolar calendar.
- The fourth month of the Bengali solar calendar.
- (Hinduism) Shraavana, the fifth 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) “haon”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press.