মানুহ

Assamese

Etymology

From Old Assamese মানুষ (manuṣo), from Sanskrit মানুষ (mānuṣa). Cognate with Sylheti ꠝꠣꠘꠥ (manu), Bengali মানুষ (manuṣ).

Pronunciation

    IPA(key): /ma.nuʱ/, /man.ɦu/

    Noun

    মানুহ (manuh)

    1. human, person
    2. people

    Declension

    • Note: For males, the classifiers -টো (-tü) and -জন (-zon) are generally used. -টো (-tü) is informal and -জন (-zon) is formal or normal.
    For females, the classifier -জনী (-zoni) is generally used and it's normal.
    The classifier -গৰাকী (-goraki) is used for both male and female and it's very polite.
    When the classsifiers are used, the words usually mean adult humans and are translated as "the person" or "the man/woman" in case of gender-specific classifiers.

    Masculine:

    Feminine:

    Synonyms

    • মানৱ (manow)
    • মনুষ্য (monuisso)
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