Assamese edit

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Etymology edit

Inherited from Early Assamese কাপোড় (kapöṛo), Sanskrit কৰ্পট (karpaṭa, patched garment). Cognate with Bengali কাপড় (kapoṛ), Sylheti ꠇꠣꠙꠞ (xafor), Chittagonian hoor, Hindi कपड़ा (kapṛā).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.puɾ/, /ˈqa.puɾ/

Noun edit

কাপুৰ (kapur)

  1. (Kamrupi) cloth
    Synonym: (less common) কানি (kani)
    সৰু খুঈৰাকে ভাত টেবুলখান মুইচ্পা ফাটা কাপুৰ আকখান ৰমলা খুইজ্লাক
    xoru khuirake bhat kho tebulkhan muispa phata kapur akkhan romolak khuizlak.
    The younger aunt asked Ramala a torn cloth to wipe the rice-eating table.

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