সৰু
Assamese
editEtymology
editInherited 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
editAdjective
editসৰু • (xoru)
- little, small
- young, junior, minor, lesser
- trivial, trifling, unimportant, of no consequence
- সৰু কথা ― xoru kotha ― trivial matter
- low, mean, insignificant, contemptible; common
- childhood
Antonyms
edit- ডাঙৰ (daṅor)
Derived terms
edit- সৰু কৰা (xoru kora)
- সৰু-বন্ধনী (xoru-bondhoni)
- সৰু-সুৰা (xoru-xura)
- সৰুপানী (xorupani)
- সৰুফলা (xoruphola)
References
edit- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “saru”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press