বৰ্ণ

Assamese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वर्ण (varṇa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔɹ.nɔ/

Noun

বৰ্ণ • (borno)

1. caste
2. letter or alphabet
3. colour

Derived terms

• বৰ্ণমালা (bornomala)

 

References

• “বৰ্ণ”, 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], 2^nd edition, Guwahati: Gauhati University, 1962, →OCLC.