ꠀꠘꠗꠣꠁꠞ

Sylheti

Etymology

From Sanskrit अन्धकार (andhakāra). Cognate with Assamese আন্ধাৰ (andhar), Bengali আঁধার (ãdhar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /an.d̪áɪɾ/

Adjective

ꠀꠘꠗꠣꠁꠞ • (andáir)

1. dark
2. dismal

Noun

ꠀꠘꠗꠣꠁꠞ • (andáir) (objective ꠀꠘꠗꠣꠁꠞ (andáir) or ꠀꠘꠗꠣꠁꠞꠞꠦ (andáirre), genitive ꠀꠘꠗꠣꠁꠞꠞ (andáiror), locative ꠀꠘꠗꠣꠁꠞꠧ (andáiro), ergative ꠀꠘꠗꠣꠁꠞꠦ (andáire))

1. darkness

   ꠀꠘꠖꠣꠁꠞꠧ ꠛꠣꠀ’ꠞ ꠅ‌’ꠁꠅ ꠘꠣ꠪

   andáiro baár óio na.

   Don't go out in the darkness.

Further reading

• Gwynn, Roger (2016), “anđair”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press, page 13.