ꠌꠂꠔ

Sylheti

Alternative forms

• ꠍꠂꠔ (sóito)

Etymology

From Sanskrit चैत्र (caitra). Cognate with Assamese চ’ত (söt), Bengali চৈত্র (cōitro).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔit̪/

Noun

ꠌꠂꠔ • (soito)

1. The twelfth month of the Assamese lunisolar calendar.
2. The twelfth month of the Bengali solar calendar.
3. (Hinduism) Chaitra, the first month of the lunar calendar observed by Sylheti Hindus.

Related terms

• (solar months) ꠡꠥꠞꠥꠎꠤ ꠝꠣꠡꠣꠁꠘ (śuruzi maśain); ꠛꠂꠡꠣꠉ (boiśag), ꠎꠂꠑ (zoiṭó), ꠀꠀꠠ (aaṛ), ꠢꠣꠅꠘ (haon), ꠜꠣꠖꠧ (bádo), ꠀꠡꠤꠘ (aśin), ꠇꠣꠔ꠆ꠔꠤ (xatti), ꠀꠉꠘ (agono), ꠙꠥꠡ (fuś), ꠝꠣꠊ (magó), ꠚꠣꠟ꠆ꠇꠥꠘ (fálkun), ꠌꠂꠔ (soito) ^{(Category: syl:Solar months)}

References

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