ꠛꠁ

Sylheti

ꠉꠎꠟꠞ ꠛꠁ

Alternative forms

• ꠛꠂ (boi)

Etymology

Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit *𑀯𑀳𑀺𑀬𑀸 (*vahiyā, “accounts”), from Sanskrit वहिका (vahikā, “diary, ledger”), a variant of वाहिका (vāhikā), which is compounded in राजवाहिका (rājavāhikā, literally “the bearer of (the records of) the king”).

Cognate to Assamese বহী (bohi), Bengali বই (boi), Odia ବହି (bahi), ବଇ (bai), Gujarati વહી (vahī), Hindi बही (bahī), Punjabi ਵਹੀ (vahī), ਬਹੀ (bahī), Sindhi وَهِي / वही, Marathi वही (vahī).

Noun

ꠛꠁ • (boi)

1. book

   Synonyms: ꠙꠥꠕꠤ (futí), ꠇꠤꠔꠣꠛ (kitab), ꠇꠦꠔꠣꠛ (xetab)

Declension

Inflection of ꠛꠁ (boi)
	indefinite forms
nominative	ꠛꠁ (boi)
objective	ꠛꠁ / ꠛꠁꠞꠦ (boi (semantically general or indefinite) / boire (semantically definite))
genitive	ꠛꠁꠞ (boir)
locative	ꠛꠁꠔ (boit)
ergative	ꠛꠁꠄ (boie)
	definite forms
	singular	plural
nominative	ꠛꠁꠅꠉꠥ (boiogu)	ꠛꠁꠅꠉꠥꠁꠘ (boioguin)
objective	ꠛꠁꠅꠉꠥ / ꠛꠁꠅꠉꠥꠞꠦ (boiogu / boiogure)	ꠛꠁꠅꠉꠥꠁꠘ / ꠛꠁꠅꠉꠥꠁꠘꠞꠦ (boioguin / boioguinre)
genitive	ꠛꠁꠅꠉꠥꠞ (boiogur)	ꠛꠁꠅꠉꠥꠁꠘꠞ (boioguinor)
locative	ꠛꠁꠅꠉꠥꠔ (boiogut)	ꠛꠁꠅꠉꠥꠁꠘꠧ (boioguino)
ergative	ꠛꠁꠅꠉꠥꠄ (boiogue)	ꠛꠁꠅꠉꠥꠁꠘꠦ (boioguine)

References

• Gwynn, Roger (2016) “boi_¹”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press.