খেৰ

See also: kher and khèr

Assamese

ৰোমানিয়াত খেৰ

rümaniat kher

Hay in Romania

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit খেট (kheṭa, “grass”). Cognate with Sylheti ꠈꠦꠠ (xéṛo), Rohingya kér (“grass”), Bengali খড় (khoṛ)۔.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɛɹ/, /xɛɹ/

Noun

খেৰ • (kher)

1. hay
2. straw

   Synonym: নৰা (nora)

Declension

Inflection of খেৰ

	Indefinite forms		Definite forms
			specific		not specific
					regular		formal		very formal
absolutive	খেৰ kher		খেৰখিনি kherkhini		খেৰবোৰ kherbür		খেৰবিলাক kherbilak		খেৰসমূহ kherxomuh
ergative	খেৰে khere		খেৰখিনিয়ে kherkhinie		খেৰবোৰে kherbüre		খেৰবিলাকে kherbilake		খেৰসমূহে kherxomuhe
accusative	খেৰক kherok		খেৰখিনিক kherkhinik		খেৰবোৰক kherbürok		খেৰবিলাকক kherbilakok		খেৰসমূহক kherxomuhok
genitive	খেৰৰ kheror		খেৰখিনিৰ kherkhinir		খেৰবোৰৰ kherbüror		খেৰবিলাকৰ kherbilakor		খেৰসমূহৰ kherxomuhor
dative	খেৰলৈ kheroloi		খেৰখিনিলৈ kherkhiniloi		খেৰবোৰলৈ kherbüroloi		খেৰবিলাকলৈ kherbilakoloi		খেৰসমূহলৈ kherxomuholoi
instrumental	খেৰেৰে kherere		খেৰখিনিৰে kherkhinire		খেৰবোৰেৰে kherbürere		খেৰবিলাকেৰে kherbilakere		খেৰসমূহেৰে kherxomuhere
locative	খেৰত kherot		খেৰখিনিত kherkhinit		খেৰবোৰত kherbürot		খেৰবিলাকত kherbilakot		খেৰসমূহত kherxomuhot
Accusative Note: -অক (-ok) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise. Dative Note 1: Some speakers use -অলৈ (-oloi)'s variant -অলে (-ole) instead. Dative Note 2: For direct objects -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Dative Note 3: In some dialects -অক (-ok) or -অত (-ot) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Instrumental Note 1: Alternatively -এদি (-edi) marks this case instead of -এৰে (-ere). Instrumental Note 2: Sometimes -এ (-e) marks this case. Locative Note: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in some cases.

Derived terms

• খেৰতুলী (khertuli)
• খেৰীবগ (kheribog)