সৰু

Assamese

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit সৰু (saru, “fine, thin”). Cognate with Sylheti ꠢꠥꠞꠥ (huru, “small, little”), Hajong হুৰু (huru), Bishnupriya Manipuri হুরু (huru), Bengali সরু (śoru, “thin, slender, narrow”), Odia ସରୁ (saru, “thin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɔ.ɹu/

Adjective

সৰু • (xoru)

1. little, small

   বাহিৰত এটা সৰু ল’ৰা থিয়݁ হৈ আছে। ― bahirot eta xoru löra thio hoi ase. ― There's a small child standing outside.

   সৰু গাড়ী ― xoru gari ― a small vehicle (a car)

2. young, junior, minor, lesser
3. trivial, trifling, unimportant, of no consequence

   সৰু কথা ― xoru kotha ― trivial matter

4. low, mean, insignificant, contemptible; common
5. childhood

   মই সৰুতে এই চিনেমাখন চাইছিলোঁ।

   moi xorute ei sinemakhon saisilü̃.

   I watched this film childhood.

   সি সৰুৰে পৰাই বহুত ধুনীয়াকৈ নাচে।

   xi xorure porai bohut dhuniakoi nase.

   He dances very well since childhood.

Antonyms

• ডাঙৰ (daṅor)

Derived terms

• সৰু কৰা (xoru kora)
• সৰু-বন্ধনী (xoru-bondhoni)
• সৰু-সুৰা (xoru-xura)
• সৰুপানী (xorupani)
• সৰুফলা (xoruphola)

 

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “saru”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press