ꠌꠣꠁꠞ

Sylheti

Sylheti cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : ꠌꠣꠁꠞ (sair)

Alternative forms

• (4)
• ꠌꠣꠞꠤ (sari) — archaic

Etymology

From Sanskrit चतुर् (catur). Cognate with Assamese চাৰি (sari), Bengali চার (car), Hajong চৗৰ, Hindi चार (cār), Rohingya sair, Urdu چار (cār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saiɾ/

Numeral

ꠌꠣꠁꠞ • (sair)

1. four

References

• Gwynn, Roger (2016) “cair”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press.