ꠙꠔꠣ

Sylheti

Etymology

From Sanskrit प्रातर् (early in the morning, “prātár”). Compare Assamese প্রাতঃকাল, Bengali প্রাতঃকাল (pratoḥkal), Hindi प्रातःकाल (prātaḥkāl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɸɔt̪a/, /fɔt̪a/

Noun

ꠙꠔꠣ • (fota)

1. before dawn.
2. early morning.
3. (Islam) a pre-dawn meal before fasting begins at dawn (fajr).

References

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