单词 | assamese |
释义 | Assamesen.adj. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.adj.1794 |
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