খৰাং

Assamese

Etymology

From খৰ (khor, “dry weather; quick”) +‎ -আং (-aṅ, “being of the nature”). খৰ (khor) is from Sanskrit খৰ (khara, “hard; sharp; pungent”), from late Proto-Indo-European/substrate root *kar (“stone, hard”). Cognate with Bengali খরা (khora).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɔ.ɹaŋ/

Adjective

খৰাং • (khoraṅ)

1. dry, infertile, drought

   খৰাং বতৰৰ বাবে ছন পৰি আছে বহুহেক্টৰ কৃষিভূমি।

   khoraṅ botoror babe son pori ase bohuhektor krixibhumi.

   Many hectares of farmlands remains uncultivated due to dry season.

Related terms

• খৰ (khor)
• খৰালি (khorali)