-আ
Assamese edit
Etymology edit
Suffix edit
-আ • (-a)
- (in nouns) one from, belonging to, relating to, or like
- (in adjectives) coming from, related to, like
Synonyms edit
Bengali edit
Etymology edit
For:
- Sanskritic borrowings and formations, from Sanskrit -आ (-ā), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-aH, from Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂.
- Arabic and Persian borrowings, from Arabic ـَة (-a) (and some via Classical Persian ـه (-a)), from Proto-Semitic *-at, from Proto-Afroasiatic *-Vt.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-আ • (-a)
- feminine suffix