সণা

Assamese

Alternative forms

• সোণ (xün) — Standard

Etymology

Inherited from Early Assamese সোণা (söṇa), সোণ (söṇo), from Magadhi Prakrit *𑀲𑁄𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡 (*sovaṇṇa), from Sanskrit সৌৱৰ্ণ (saúvarṇa), from সুৱৰ্ণ (suvárṇa). Cognate with Bengali সোনা (śōna), Sylheti ꠢꠥꠘꠣ (huna), Odia ସୁନା (suna), Nepali सुन (suna), Marathi सोने (sone), ਸੋਨਾ (sonā), Hindi सोना (sonā), Gujarati સોનું (sonũ). Doublet of স্বৰ্ণ (sorno).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɔ.na/

Noun

সণা • (xona) (classifier -টুক্ৰা)

1. (Kamrupi) gold

   পৈয়াকে ঘৈণাকোক সণাৰ খাৰু দিছি।

   poiake ghoinakük xonar kharu disi.

   The husband gave his wife bangles made of gold.

Declension

Kamrupi dialects declension of সণা
nominative	সণা / সণাই xona / xonai
genitive	সণাৰ xonar
nominative	সণা / সণাই xona / xonai
accusative	সণা / সণাক xona / xonak
dative	সণাক xonak
instrumental	সণাই / সণাদি xonai / xonadi
genitive	সণাৰ xonar
locative	সণাত xonat
Notes
Noun: Assamese nouns are indefinite. They can be both singular and plural depending on the context. They are made definite by using classifiers and plural suffixes which also make them either singular and plural. Plural: The general plural suffixes are: -মাখা (-makha) and -গিলা (-gila) / গিলাক (gilak) / গিলান (gilan). Nominative: The -এ (-e) suffix is used when the noun works as an agent and the verb is transitive. Accusative: -ওক (-ük) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise. Dative: Sometimes alternatively -ওত (-üt) marks this case. Instrumental 1: -এ (-e) is unemphatic and -এদি (-edi) is emphatic and more common. Instrumental 2: Alternatively -এৰে (-ere) is used instead of the common -এদি (-edi). Locative: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in repetition of the word, with adverbs and days of the week.