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单词 assamese
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Assamesen.adj.

Brit. /ˌasəˈmiːz/, U.S. /ˌɑsəˈmiz/
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Assam , -ese suffix.
Etymology: < the name of Assam (see Assam n.) + -ese suffix.
A. n.
1. A native or inhabitant of the state of Assam in north-east India. Frequently with the and plural agreement: people from Assam considered collectively.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [noun] > native or inhabitant of India > parts of
Malabar1582
Gujaratic1607
Bengalan1613
Goan1652
Hindustan1662
Macassar1665
Gangetic1677
Malabarian1709
Mysorean1761
Bengalese1778
Assamese1794
Hindustani1813
Marwari1815
Sindhi1815
mofussilite1828
Mizo1832
Goanese1835
Punjabi1843
Bengali1848
Sindian1849
Madrasi1851
Toda1851
Hindia1853
Lushai1862
Kashmirian1876
Kashmir1882
Kashmiri1882
Konkani1885
ditcher1886
Ladakhi1893
Bihari1897
Sikkimese1938
Rajasthani1947
Maharashtrian1953
1794 Brookes' Gazetteer (ed. 8) at Assam The invention of gunpowder is ascribed to the Assamese.
1825 Q. Oriental Mag. Sept. p. xlix/2 The escape and return of an Assamese, who had been taken prisoner about three months ago.
1836 Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. 5 195 A great deal of opium is grown by the Miris, which they barter for grain with the Assamese.
1896 Calcutta Rev. 103 159 Men who have spent their lives among the Assamese.
1934 J. Allan et al. Cambr. Shorter Hist. India viii. 120 In the meantime the Assamese had destroyed a bridge on the only route of return.
1969 Econ. & Polit. Weekly 8 Nov. 1771/3 The Assamese think that their very individuality is in danger of being wiped out by foreign..elements in industry, commerce and trade.
2001 M. Hughes et al. World Food: India 178 The Assamese..use lots of lime and lime leaves in their cooking.
2. An Indo-Aryan language spoken mainly in Assam, where it is the official language.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Indic > Eastern
Oriya1801
Assamese1814
Bengali1848
Sylheti1903
Bangla1955
1814 Missionary Reg. Sept. 374 Progress has been made..in translating and printing the New Testament in..Assamese.
1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 721/1 The vernacular Assamese possesses a close affinity to Bengali.
1946 B. K. Barua in J. T. Shipley Encycl. Lit. 491 Towards the beginning of the thirteenth century, literature first came to be produced in Assamese.
1961 Times 18 May 12/4 The hill leaders were firmly opposed to Assamese as the official language of the state.
2014 K. R. Dikshit & J. K. Dikshit N.E. India xi. 415 Hindi speakers make the third largest linguistic group in Assam, after Assamese and Bengali.
B. adj.
1. Of or relating to Assam or its inhabitants.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [adjective] > parts of
Hindustan1655
Malabaric1680
Malabarian1709
Malabarish1717
Siddi1737
Hindustani1786
Assamese1802
Hindustanish1811
Mizo1832
Sindian1849
Rajasthani1901
Paharia1909
Moplah1910
Malabarese1922
Mewari1925
Gujarati1927
1802 Observer 4 Apr. The marriage portion of the Assamese women, which used to be four elephants, has been reduced to three.
1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 718/1 Aurangzeb..despatched a considerable force for the..invasion of the Assamese territory.
1935 J. S. Lee Underworld of East x. 69 In coming back to the boat along the shady lanes we met a pretty Assamese girl.
1962 D. Woodman Making of Burma ix. 195 The streams would flow, not with milk and honey, but with good strong Assamese tea.
2016 R. Patgiri in D. Gogoi Unheeded Hinterland iii. 36 The idea of an Assamese nation itself has come under scrutiny.
2. Designating the Indo-Aryan language which is the official language of Assam; of or relating to this language.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Indic > eastern Indian
Assamese1815
Nepali1885
Sylheti1970
1815 in 13th Rep. Brit. & Foreign Bible Soc. (1817) App. 12 Three of the Four Gospels are finished in the..Affghan language, the Bulochee, and the Assamese.
1896 Calcutta Rev. 103 152 The Assamese vocabulary is almost purely Aryan.
1926 Geogr. Jrnl. 67 289 A tribe of cannibals which he calls Abarimon, which is simply the Assamese words abări manuh.
1973 F. Wilson in tr. Bilvamaṅgalastava Introd. 18 Out of the eight above verses.., only one..is found in the Bengali and Assamese Y manuscripts.
2013 T. Misra in S. P. Mohanty Colonialism, Modernity, & Lit. iv. 114 The movement to create a ‘modern’ Assamese literature.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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