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assamese

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.27 in modern English

Syllables
as-samese
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, from or relating to the northeast-Indian state of Assam, or the region for which it is named.

adj

In or relating to its majority people's Indo-Aryan language.

name

The Indo-Aryan language spoken by the majority people in the state of Assam, NE India.

noun

A member of the people of Assam.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English Assam Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Assamese From Assam + -ese.

Inflected Forms

more Assamese (comparative) most Assamese (superlative) Assameses (plural)

Phrases

Early Assamese Middle Assamese Wiktionary’s coverage of Assamese terms asm ⁠ Oxford University Press

Frequently Paired Words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Assamese terms as asm asm ⁠ in Dictionary.com Oxford University Press 2019–2022

Synonyms

asamiya assamese language asamiya language

Questions

What does assamese mean?
Of, from or relating to the northeast-Indian state of Assam, or the region for which it is named.
Where does assamese come from?
Etymology tree English Assam Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Assamese From Assam + -ese.

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