See also: চৰ and চড়া

Assamese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Early Assamese চৰাৱ (corawo).

Alternative forms edit

Adjective edit

চৰা (sora)

  1. high
    চৰা দামsora damhigh price
  2. tall
    (Dehan)
    মই মণিৰ পেনা চৰা আছং
    moi monir pena sora asoṅ.
    I'm taller than Mani.
    Synonym: ওখ (ükho, more common in Standard)
  3. prominent

Etymology 2 edit

Assamese verb set
চৰ (sor)
চৰা (sora)
চৰোৱা (sorüa)
চৰোওৱা (sorüüa)

From Sanskrit চৰতি (carati), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (to move; to turn (around)). Cognate with Hindustani چرنا / चराना (carānā). Doublet of চলা (sola).

Verb edit

চৰা (sora) (intransitive)

  1. to move
  2. to graze
Conjugation edit

See also edit