খৰ

Assamese

Alternative forms

  • খৰকালি (khorkali)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit খৰ (khara, hard; sharp; pungent), from late Proto-Indo-European/substrate root *kar (stone, hard). Cognate with Bengali খরা (khora), Odia ଖରା (khôra), Gujarati ખરું (kharũ), Hindustani کَھرَا (kharā) / खरा (kharā), Punjabi ਖਰਾ (kharā) / کَھرا (kharā), Sindhi کرو / खरो, Marathi खरे (khare).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰɔɹ/

Adjective

খৰ • (khor)

  1. quick
  2. dry weather
    Synonym: খৰালি (khorali)

Verb

খৰ • (khor)

  1. to become dry, infertile

Conjugation

References

  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khára2”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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