ꠟꠡ꠆ꠇꠞ
Sylheti
editEtymology
editDerived from Classical Persian لشکر (laškar). Cognate with Hindustani (Hindi लश्कर (laśkar), Urdu لَشْکَر (laśkar)), Bengali লস্কর (loskor), Gujarati લશ્કર (laśkar). Compare English lascar, French lascar, Portuguese lascar, Spanish lascar, Turkish leşker, Northern Kurdish leşker.
Noun
editꠟꠡ꠆ꠇꠞ • (lośxor)
- seaman
- (chiefly in India) A lascar from Barak Valley.
- (chiefly in Bangladesh) A lascar from Sylhet.
Proper noun
editꠟꠡ꠆ꠇꠞ • (lośxor)
See also
editReferences
edit- Gwynn, Roger (2016) “loskor”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press.