ꠛꠤꠙꠖ

Sylheti

Alternative forms

• ꠛꠤꠙꠔ (bifoto)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit विपद् (vipad). Cognate with Assamese বিপদ (bipod), Bengali বিপদ (bipod), Hindustani وپت / विपद् (vipad), Odia ବିପଦ୍ (bipad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bifɔd̪/

Noun

ꠛꠤꠙꠖ • (bifod)

1. danger
2. predicament

References

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