মানুহ

Assamese

Alternative forms

  • মান্হু (manhu) Kamrupi, Central

Etymology

Inherited from Early Assamese মানুষ (manuṣo), from Sanskrit মনুষ্য (manuṣya). Cognate with Sylheti ꠝꠣꠘꠥ (manu), Bengali মানুষ (manuś).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.nuʱ/, /man.ɦu/

Noun

মানুহ • (manuh)

  1. human, person
  2. people

Declension

  • Note: For males, the classifiers -টো (-tü) and -জন (-zon) are generally used. -টো (-tü) is informal and -জন (-zon) is formal or normal.
For females, the classifier -জনী (-zoni) is generally used and it's normal.
The classifier -গৰাকী (-goraki) is used for both male and female and it's very polite.
When the classsifiers are used, the words usually mean adult humans and are translated as "the person" or "the man/woman" in case of gender-specific classifiers.

Masculine:

Feminine:

Synonyms

Bengali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit मनुष्य (manuṣya). Doublet of মিনসে (minośe) and মনিষ (moniś).

Pronunciation

  • (Vaṅga) IPA(key): /ma.nu/

Noun

মানুহ • (manuh) (Vanga)

  1. person, human
    যে মানুহ অইব, হে কি ঐ কুকাম করবার পারে নিহি?
    ze manuh ôibô, he ki oi kukam kôrbar pare nihi?
    Whoever is going to be a (good) person, can he commit such wrongdoings or what?
  2. adult human
  3. man

Derived terms

  • আমানুহ (amanuho, inhuman)
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