Assamese

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Assamese verb set
শুন (xun)
শুনা (xuna)
শুনোৱা (xunüa)
শুনোওৱা (xunüüa)

Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit শৃণোতি (śṛṇoti), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćr̥náwti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥néwti. Cognate with Sylheti ꠢꠥꠘꠣ (huna), Bengali শোনা (śōna), Hindustani سننا / सुनना (sunnā)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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শুন (xun) (transitive)

  1. to hear, listen
    মই গান শুনি আছোঁmoi gan xuni asü̃.I am listening to music.

Conjugation

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Middle Bengali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit शून्य (śūnya).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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শুন (śunô)

  1. empty; void

Further reading

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  • Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.[1], volumes 841, 842, 897, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers.
  • Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language[2], volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 327