Assamese

See also: assamese

English

Etymology

From Assam +‎ -ese.

Adjective

Assamese (comparative more Assamese, superlative most Assamese)

Of, from or relating to the northeast-Indian state of Assam, or the region for which it is named.
In or relating to its majority people's Indo-Aryan language.
Only three in five Assamese (citizens of Assam) are linguistic Assamese.

Translations

of, from or relating to Assam

Assamese: অসমীয়া (oxomia)
Bengali: অসমীয়া (bn) (ôśômiẏa), আসামী (bn) (aśami), অসমী (ôśômi)
Catalan: assamès (ca)
Dutch: Assamees (nl) n, Assami (nl) n
Finnish: assamilainen
Hindi: असमिया (asmiyā)
Portuguese: assamês (pt)
Russian: асса́мский (ru) (assámskij)
Spanish: asamés
Urdu: آسَامِی (āsāmi)
Western Panjabi: آسَامِی (āsāmi)

Proper noun

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Wikipedia

Assamese

The Indo-Aryan language spoken by the majority people in the state of Assam, NE India.

Derived terms

Translations

language

Arabic: أَسَامِيَّة f (ʔasāmiyya)
Armenian: ասսամի (hy) (assami)
Assamese: অসমীয়া (oxomia)
Bengali: অসমীয়া (bn) (ośomiẏa)
Catalan: assamès (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 阿薩密語 / 阿萨密语 (āsàmìyǔ), 阿薩姆語 / 阿萨姆语 (zh) (āsàmǔyǔ)
Danish: assamesisk
Dutch: Assamees (nl) n, Assami (nl) n, Assamitisch (nl) n
Finnish: assami (fi)
French: assamais (fr) m
German: Assamesisch (de) n
Gujarati: આસામી (gu) (āsāmī)
Hebrew: אסאמית
Hindi: आसामी (hi) f (āsāmī), असमिया f (asmiyā)
Indonesian: bahasa Assam
Irish: Asaimis f
Japanese: アッサム語 (ja) (assamugo)
Kannada: ಅಸ್ಸಾಮೀಸ್ (assāmīs)
Korean: 아삼어 (asameo)
Norman: Assamais m
Persian: آسَامِی (fa) (âsâmi)
Polish: język asamski
Portuguese: assamês (pt) m
Rabha: লেমা কাথা
Russian: асса́мский (ru) m (assámskij), асса́ми m (assámi)
Sanskrit: असमिया (asamiyā)
Spanish: asamés m
Swedish: assamesiska (sv)
Telugu: అస్సామీ భాష (assāmī bhāṣa)
Urdu: آسَامِی (āsāmi)
Western Panjabi: آسَامِی (āsāmi)

Noun

Assamese (plural Assameses or Assamese)

(chiefly in the plural) A member of the people of Assam.

Usage notes

As with other terms for people formed with -ese, the countable singular noun in reference to a person (as in "I am an Assamese", "writing about Assamese cuisine as an Assamese") is uncommon and often taken as incorrect. In its place, the adjective is used, by itself (as in "I am Assamese") or before a noun like person, man, or woman ("writing about Assamese cuisine as an Assamese person"). See also -ish, which is similarly only used primarily as an adjective or as a plural noun.