মেকুৰী

Assamese

ফাৰ্ছী মেকুৰী
pharsi mekuri
Persian cats

Alternative forms

  • মেকুৰ (mekur) (dialectical)

Etymology

Unknown. Compare Sanskrit নকুল (nakula, mongoose), नखर (nakhara, nail, claw). It is the feminine form of মেকুৰ (mekur) which is perhaps obsolete in Standard Assamese. Cognate with Sylheti ꠝꠦꠇꠥꠞ (mekur), Kamrupi মেকুৰ (mekur), Khulnaiya মেকুর (mekur).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛ.ku.ɹi/

Noun

মেকুৰী (mekuri)

  1. cat
    Synonyms: বিৰালী (birali), বিৰাল (biral)

Declension

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