ꠟꠡ꠆ꠇꠞ

Sylheti

Etymology

Derived from Classical Persian لشکر (laškar). Cognate Assamese লস্কৰ (loskor) / লহকৰ (lohokor), Bengali লস্কর (loskor), Gujarati લશ્કર (laśkar), Hindustani لَشْکَر (laśkar) / लश्कर (laśkar). Compare English lascar, French lascar, Northern Kurdish leşker, Portuguese lascar, Spanish lascar, Turkish leşker.

Noun

ꠟꠡ꠆ꠇꠞ • (lośxor)

1. seaman
2. (chiefly in India) A lascar from Barak Valley.
3. (chiefly in Bangladesh) A lascar from Sylhet.

Proper noun

ꠟꠡ꠆ꠇꠞ • (lośxor)

1. a title
2. a surname

See also

• ꠌꠗꠞꠤ (sodri)
• ꠔꠣꠟꠥꠇꠖꠣꠞ (talukdar)
• ꠡꠣ (śa)

References

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