Assamese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Classical Persian صَابُون (sābūn), from Arabic صَابُون (ṣābūn).[1] Possibly influenced by Portuguese sabão, from the same source.[2]

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    চাবোন (sabün)

    1. soap

    Declension

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    References

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    1. ^ চাবোন”, in Candrakānta abhidhāna: Asamīyā śabdara butpatti āru udāharaṇere Asamīyā-Ingrājī dui bhashara artha thakā abhidhāna [Comprehensive dictionary of the Assamese language with etymology and illustrations of words with their meanings in Assamese and English], 2nd edition, Guwahati: Gauhati University, 1962, →OCLC.
    2. ^ Xavier, Anthony Soares, transl. (1936) [1913], Portuguese Vocables in Asiatic Languages, Baroda: Oriental Institute, translation of Influencia do Vocdbulario Portugues em Linguas Asiaticas by Sebastião Rodolfo Dalgado (in Portuguese), →ISBN, page 314, column 1
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