ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤ

Sylheti

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit नागरी (nāgarī), from नगर (nagara, “urban, of the city”). Compare its use in देवनागरी (devanāgarī).

Cognate with Bengali নগরী (nogri), Assamese নগৰী (nogori), Hindi नागरी (nāgrī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naɡɾi/

Noun

ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤ • (nagri)

1. citizen
2. concubine
3. girl after puberty

Declension

Inflection of ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤ (nagori)
	indefinite forms
nominative	ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤ (nagri)
objective	ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤ / ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤꠞꠦ (nagri (semantically general or indefinite) / nagrire (semantically definite))
genitive	ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤꠞ (nagrir)
locative	ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤꠔ (nagrit)
ergative	ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤꠄ (nagrie)
	definite forms
	singular	plural
nominative	ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤꠅꠉꠥ (nagriogu)	ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤꠅꠉꠥꠁꠘ (nagrioguin)
objective	ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤꠅꠉꠥ / ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤꠅꠉꠥꠞꠦ (nagriogu / nagriogure)	ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤꠅꠉꠥꠁꠘ / ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤꠅꠉꠥꠁꠘꠞꠦ (nagrioguin / nagrioguinre)
genitive	ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤꠅꠉꠥꠞ (nagriogur)	ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤꠅꠉꠥꠁꠘꠞ (nagrioguinor)
locative	ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤꠅꠉꠥꠔ (nagriogut)	ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤꠅꠉꠥꠁꠘꠧ (nagrioguino)
ergative	ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤꠅꠉꠥꠄ (nagriogue)	ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤꠅꠉꠥꠁꠘꠦ (nagrioguine)

Adjective

ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤ • (nagori)

1. (related to a) city

   Synonym: ꠐꠣꠃꠘꠤꠀ (ṭaunia)

2. native
3. unadulterated, pure