ꠌꠃꠈ

Sylheti

Alternative forms

ꠌꠃꠇ (souk)

Etymology

Likely from Sanskrit चक्षु (cákṣu), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čákšuš (“eye”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷḱus. Compare Assamese চকু (soku), Rohingya suk, Bengali চোখ (cōkh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔʊk/

Noun

ꠌꠃꠈ • (soukó) (objective ꠌꠃꠈ or ꠌꠃꠈꠞꠦ, genitive ꠌꠃꠈꠞ, locative ꠌꠃꠈꠧ or ꠌꠈꠥꠔ, ergative ꠌꠃꠈꠦ)

1. eye

   ꠀꠝꠣꠞ ꠌꠈꠥꠔ ꠛꠣꠖꠣ ꠙꠠꠍꠦ.

   Amar sokút bada foṛse.

   I've got dust in my eyes.

See also

• ꠌꠥꠈ (suk)

References

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