ꠗꠥꠝꠣ

Sylheti

ꠗꠥꠝꠣ (dúma)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit धूम (dhūma). Cognate with Assamese ধোঁৱা (dhü̃a), Bengali ধোঁয়া (dhō̃ẇa), Bhojpuri धूआँ (dhūā̃), Maithili धूआँ (dhūā̃), Odia ଧୂଆଁ (dhuā̃).

Noun

ꠗꠥꠝꠣ • (dúma)

1. smoke, steam

References

• Gwynn, Roger (2016) “đuma_²”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press, page 109.