ꠢꠥꠞꠥ

Sylheti

Alternative forms

• ꠢꠞꠥ (horu)

Etymology

From Sanskrit सरु (saru). Cognate with Assamese সৰু (xoru), Bengali সরু (śoru), Hajong হুৰু (huru), Bishnupriya Manipuri হুরু (huru), Odia ସରୁ (saru, “thin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦuɾu/

Adjective

ꠢꠥꠞꠥ • (huru)

1. small
2. little
3. junior

References

• Gwynn, Roger (2016) “huru”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press.