Assamese

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Etymology

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From খৰ (khor, dry weather; quick) +‎ -আং (-aṅ, being of the nature). খৰ (khor) is from Sanskrit খৰ (khara, hard; sharp; pungent), from late Proto-Indo-European/substrate root *kar (stone, hard). Cognate with Bengali খরা (khora).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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খৰাং (khoraṅ)

  1. dry, infertile, drought
    খৰাং বতৰ বাবে ছন পৰি আছে বহুহেক্টৰ কৃষিভূমি
    khoraṅ botoror babe son pori ase bohuhektor krixibhumi.
    Many hectares of farmlands remains uncultivated due to dry season.
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