Sylheti edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit ग्राम (grāma). Compare Assamese গাওঁ (gaü̃), Bengali গাঁও (gãō), Hindi गाँव (gā̃v), Urdu گاؤں (gāõ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ꠉꠣꠅ (gao)

  1. village

Declension edit

Inflection of ꠉꠣꠅ (gao)
indefinite forms
nominative ꠉꠣꠅ (gao)
objective ꠉꠣꠅ / ꠉꠣꠅꠞꠦ (gao (semantically general or indefinite) / gaore (semantically definite))
genitive ꠉꠣꠅꠞ (gaoor)
locative ꠉꠣꠅꠧ (gaoo)
ergative ꠉꠣꠅꠦ (gaoe)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative ꠉꠣꠅꠈꠣꠘ (gaoxan) ꠉꠣꠅꠉꠥꠁꠘ (gaooguin)
objective ꠉꠣꠅꠈꠣꠘ / ꠉꠣꠅꠈꠣꠘꠞꠦ (gaoxan / gaoxanre) ꠉꠣꠅꠉꠥꠁꠘ / ꠉꠣꠅꠉꠥꠁꠘꠞꠦ (gaooguin / gaooguinre)
genitive ꠉꠣꠅꠈꠣꠘꠞ (gaoxanor) ꠉꠣꠅꠉꠥꠁꠘꠞ (gaooguinor)
locative ꠉꠣꠅꠈꠣꠘꠧ (gaoxano) ꠉꠣꠅꠉꠥꠁꠘꠧ (gaooguino)
ergative ꠉꠣꠅꠈꠣꠘꠦ (gaoxane) ꠉꠣꠅꠉꠥꠁꠘꠦ (gaooguine)