সৈফ্ৰাম

Assamese

Alternative forms

সৈফ্ৰ্যাম (xoiphrzam)

Etymology

From সফুৰি (xophuri) +‎ আম (am, “mango”). The former is from Arabic سفري (safriyy). Cognate with Sylheti ꠢꠚꠞꠤ (hofóri), Sylheti ꠡꠚꠞꠤ (śofóri), Odia ସପୁରୀ (sôpuri).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [x̟o̞ipʰɾam]

Noun

সৈফ্ৰাম • (xoiphram) (classifier -টু)

(Kamrupi) guava
Synonym: (Standard) মধুৰি আম (modhuri am)

Declension

Kamrupi dialects declension of সৈফ্ৰাম
nominative	সৈফ্ৰাম / সৈফ্ৰামে xoiphram / xoiphrame
genitive	সৈফ্ৰামোৰ xoiphramür
nominative	সৈফ্ৰাম / সৈফ্ৰামে xoiphram / xoiphrame
accusative	সৈফ্ৰাম / সৈফ্ৰামোক xoiphram / xoiphramük
dative	সৈফ্ৰামোক xoiphramük
instrumental	সৈফ্ৰামে / সৈফ্ৰামেদি xoiphrame / xoiphramedi
genitive	সৈফ্ৰামোৰ xoiphramür
locative	সৈফ্ৰামোত xoiphramüt
Notes
Noun: Assamese nouns are indefinite. They can be both singular and plural depending on the context. They are made definite by using classifiers and plural suffixes which also make them either singular and plural. Plural: The general plural suffixes are: -মাখা (-makha) and -গিলা (-gila) / গিলাক (gilak) / গিলান (gilan). Nominative: The -এ (-e) suffix is used when the noun works as an agent and the verb is transitive. Accusative: -ওক (-ük) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise. Dative: Sometimes alternatively -ওত (-üt) marks this case. Instrumental 1: -এ (-e) is unemphatic and -এদি (-edi) is emphatic and more common. Instrumental 2: Alternatively -এৰে (-ere) is used instead of the common -এদি (-edi). Locative: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in repetition of the word, with adverbs and days of the week.

Related terms

সফুৰি কঁঠাল (xophuri kõthal)