ꠇꠣꠙꠠ

Sylheti

Etymology

Etymology tree

Sanskrit कद्- (kad-)?

Proto-Indo-European *pel-der.?

Sanskrit पट (paṭa)?

Sanskrit कर्पट (karpaṭa)

Prakrit 𑀓𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀟 (kappaḍa)

Sylheti ꠇꠣꠙꠠ (xafoṛo)

Inherited from Sanskrit कर्पट (karpaṭa). Compare Bengali কাপড় (kapoṛ), Assamese কাপোৰ (kapür), Hindustani کَپْڑَا / कपड़ा (kapṛā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xafɔɽ/, /xafɔɾ/

Noun

ꠇꠣꠙꠠ • (xafoṛ)

1. clothes, clothing

Declension

Inflection of ꠇꠣꠙꠠ (xafoṛo)
	indefinite forms
nominative	ꠇꠣꠙꠠ (xafoṛ)
objective	ꠇꠣꠙꠠ / ꠇꠣꠙꠠꠞꠦ (xafoṛ (semantically general or indefinite) / xafoṛre (semantically definite))
genitive	ꠇꠣꠙꠠꠞ (xafoṛor)
locative	ꠇꠣꠙꠠꠧ (xafoṛo)
ergative	ꠇꠣꠙꠠꠦ (xafoṛe)
	definite forms
	singular	plural
nominative	ꠇꠣꠙꠠꠉꠥ (xafoṛogu)	ꠇꠣꠙꠠꠉꠥꠁꠘ (xafoṛoguin)
objective	ꠇꠣꠙꠠꠉꠥ / ꠇꠣꠙꠠꠉꠥꠞꠦ (xafoṛogu / xafoṛogure)	ꠇꠣꠙꠠꠉꠥꠁꠘ / ꠇꠣꠙꠠꠉꠥꠁꠘꠞꠦ (xafoṛoguin / xafoṛoguinre)
genitive	ꠇꠣꠙꠠꠉꠥꠞ (xafoṛogur)	ꠇꠣꠙꠠꠉꠥꠁꠘꠞ (xafoṛoguinor)
locative	ꠇꠣꠙꠠꠉꠥꠔ (xafoṛogut)	ꠇꠣꠙꠠꠉꠥꠁꠘꠧ (xafoṛoguino)
ergative	ꠇꠣꠙꠠꠉꠥꠄ (xafoṛogue)	ꠇꠣꠙꠠꠉꠥꠁꠘꠦ (xafoṛoguine)

References

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