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ꠕꠥꠠꠣ

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Sylheti

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Etymology

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Inherited from Prakrit 𑀣𑁄𑀕 (thoga, “a little”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-) + -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit स्तोक (stoká, “drop, dot”).[1] Cognate with Punjabi ਥੋੜਾ (thoṛā), Gujarati થોડું (thoḍũ), Marathi थोडे (thoḍe), Bengali থোড়া (thōṛa), Hindi थोड़ा (thoṛā).

Adjective

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ꠕꠥꠠꠣ • (túṛa) (Bengali spelling থুড়া)

  1. some, a little; small (amount of)
    ꠝꠞꠦ ꠕꠥꠠꠣ ꠜꠣꠔ ꠖꠦꠅ꠪ ― Give me some rice.

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “stōká”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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