Assamse Loan words : অসমীয়া ধাৰ কৰা শব্দ

Loanwords are words adopted by the speakers of one language (target language) from a different language (the source language). A loanword can also be called a borrowing words. It is a consequence of sociocultural contact between two language communities. Borrowing of words can go in both directions between the two languages in contact, but often there is an asymmetry, such that more words go from one side to the other. In this case the source language community has some advantage of power, prestige and/or wealth that makes the objects and ideas it brings desirable and useful to the borrowing language community. The following are some example of Assamese loan words and source language.

TRANSLATED LOAN WORD

বাতৰি কাকত batɔri kakɔt (news paper)

স্বৰ্ণ যুগ sɔbərnɔ zug (golden era)

ৰূপালী জয়ন্তী rupali zɔjənti (silver jubilee)

কন্দুৱা গেছ kɔndua ges (tear gas)

দূৰদৰ্শন durdɔrχɔn (television)

MARATHI WORDS

তাঙৰণ taŋɔrɔn (edition)

বৰঙণি bɔrɔŋɔni (contribution)

জকৰা zɔkɔra (cooked rice kept dry for after use)

HINDI WORDS

ধৰ্মঘট dʰərmɔgʰət (strike)

ধৰ্ণা dʰərna (strike)

পঞ্জাৱী panzabi (Punjabi)

পকোৰা pɔkura (a popular Indian fast food)

খৈনী kʰoini (dipping tobacco)

BENGALI WORDS

ৰসগোল্লা rɔsgula (a popular Indian sweet)

ARABIC WORD

উকিল ukil (lawyer)

হাকিম hakim (magistrate)

জামিন zamin (bail)

আমোলা amula (official)

খাজানা kʰazana (tax)

জিলা zila (district)

হুকুম hukum (order)

চাহেব saheb (sir)

ENGLISH

প্ৰিঞ্চিপাল prinsipal (principal)

প্ৰফেছৰ prɔpʰesər (professor)

ৰেজিষ্ট্ৰাৰ rezistar (registrar)

কোট kut (coat)

পেন্ট pent (pent)

ছাৰ্ট sart (shirt)

টেবুল tebul (table)

FRENCH WORDS

আলমাৰি almari (wardrobe)

ইস্ত্রি istri / ইস্তিৰি istiri (an instrument used to smoothing clothes)

ইস্পাত ispat (steel)

কামিজ kamiz (shirt)

PERSIAN WORDS

আয়না aina (looking glass)

আস্তে aste (slow)

কাগজ kagoz (paper)

খোদা kʰoda (God)

গৰম gɔrɔm (hot)

চশমা sosma (spectacle)

চাকৰি sakɔri (job)

Being a boarder language of Astro-Asiatic and Tibeto-Burman language family, Assamese absorbed many words from languages like Bodo, Mising, Khasi and Tai-ahom.

KHASI WORDS

কাকত kakɔt (paper)

কাবৌ kabou

কিংখাপ kiŋkʰap

খং kʰɔŋ (anger)

জঞ্জাল jɔnjal (trouble)

এনেই enei (nothing)

SANTALI WORDS

বোকা boka (mud)

ভোদা bʰoda (dull)

চফল sɔpʰɔl (young man)

গোঙোৰা goŋura ()

BODO WORDS

জখলা dzɔkʰɔla (ladder)

চেলেক selek (to lick)

চেকুৰ sekur (run at full speed)

ভেকুৰ bʰekur (get mouldy)

দিব্ৰু dibru (name of a river)

দিবং dibɔŋ (name of a river)

দিখৌ dikʰou (name of a river)

TAI-AHOM WORDS

কাই kai (particle used after a proper name as a mark to seniority)

টকালি tɔkali (click with the tongue against the palate)

পোখা pokʰa (a sprout)

ফেটা pʰeta (bent)