ꠌꠗꠞꠤ

Sylheti

This image illustrates the name "Chowdhury" in Sylheti, its phonetic pronunciation (sɔd̪ɾi).

Etymology

Derived from Sanskrit चतुर्धर (caturdhara, “name of a family or race”). Cognate with Assamese চৌধুৰী (soudhuri), Hindi चौधरी (caudhrī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔd̪ɾi/

Noun

ꠌꠗꠞꠤ • (sodri)

1. village headman

Proper noun

ꠌꠗꠞꠤ • (sodri)

1. a title
2. a surname

See also

• ꠌꠗꠞꠣꠘꠤ (sodrani)
• ꠟꠡ꠆ꠇꠞ (lośxor)
• ꠔꠣꠟꠥꠇꠖꠣꠞ (talukdar)
• ꠡꠣ (śa)

References

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