ꠖꠦꠡ

Sylheti

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit देश (deśa). Compare Assamese দেশ (dex, “land”), Bengali দেশ (deś), Indonesian desa.

Noun

ꠖꠦꠡ • (deś)

1. countryside

   Synonyms: ꠉꠣꠃꠉꠦꠞꠣꠝ (gaugeram), ꠉꠣꠃꠖꠦꠡ (gaudeś)

2. lowland

   Synonyms: ꠜꠣꠐꠣꠜꠣꠉ (báṭabágo), ꠟꠣꠉꠣꠉꠣꠟꠣ (lagagala), ꠟꠣꠝꠣꠛꠣꠏꠥ (lamabazú)

3. land

   Synonym: ꠎꠝꠤꠘ (zomin)

   ꠄꠇ ꠖꠦꠡꠞ ꠉꠣꠁꠟ ꠀꠞꠇ ꠖꠦꠡꠞ ꠝꠣꠔ ― ex deśor gail arox deśor mat ― One land's obscenity is another land's language.

4. (chiefly in Bangladesh) country

   Synonym: ꠝꠥꠟ꠆ꠟꠥꠇ (mulluk)

5. (chiefly in Bangladesh) homeland

   Synonym: ꠘꠤꠎꠖꠦꠡ (nizodeś)

   Antonym: ꠙꠞꠖꠦꠡ (forodeś)

Declension

Inflection of ꠖꠦꠡ (deś)
	indefinite forms
nominative	ꠖꠦꠡ (deś)
objective	ꠖꠦꠡ / ꠖꠦꠡꠞꠦ (deś (semantically general or indefinite) / deśre (semantically definite))
genitive	ꠖꠦꠡꠞ (deśor)
locative	ꠖꠦꠡꠧ (deśo)
ergative	ꠖꠦꠡꠦ (deśe)
	definite forms
	singular	plural
nominative	ꠖꠦꠡꠉꠥ (deśogu)	ꠖꠦꠡꠉꠥꠁꠘ (deśoguin)
objective	ꠖꠦꠡꠉꠥ / ꠖꠦꠡꠉꠥꠞꠦ (deśogu / deśogure)	ꠖꠦꠡꠉꠥꠁꠘ / ꠖꠦꠡꠉꠥꠁꠘꠞꠦ (deśoguin / deśoguinre)
genitive	ꠖꠦꠡꠉꠥꠞ (deśogur)	ꠖꠦꠡꠉꠥꠁꠘꠞ (deśoguinor)
locative	ꠖꠦꠡꠉꠥꠔ (deśogut)	ꠖꠦꠡꠉꠥꠁꠘꠧ (deśoguino)
ergative	ꠖꠦꠡꠉꠥꠄ (deśogue)	ꠖꠦꠡꠉꠥꠁꠘꠦ (deśoguine)

Derived terms

• ꠉꠣꠃꠖꠦꠡ (gaudeś)
• ꠖꠦꠡ-ꠛꠤꠖꠦꠡ (deś-bideś)
• ꠖꠦꠡꠤ (deśi)

 

References

• Gwynn, Roger (2016) “đes”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press, page 99.