ꠎꠦꠉꠣ

Sylheti

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جایگاه (jāygāh), from جای (jāy, “place”) +‎ ـگاه (-gāh, location suffix). Cognate with Assamese জেগা (zega), Bengali জায়গা (jaẏga), Odia ଜାଗା (jāgā).

Noun

ꠎꠦꠉꠣ • (zega)

  1. place
  2. space
  3. land

References

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