Assamese

See also: assamese

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English Assam

Proto-Indo-European *-iskos

Proto-Germanic *-iskaz

Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor.

Late Latin -iscus

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Vulgar Latin -iscus

Etruscanbor.?

Italicbor.?

Proto-Indo-European *-wénts

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-went-ti-der.?

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Ancient Greek ἐνς (ens)

Ancient Greek εἰς (eis)

Ancient Greek ἐνς (ens)der.

Latin?

Latin -ī?

Latin -ēnsis

Old French -eisbor.

Middle English -eys

English -ese

English Assamese

From Assam + -ese.

Pronunciation

Adjective

Assamese (comparative more Assamese, superlative most Assamese)

Of, from or relating to the northeast Indian state of Assam, or the region for which it is named.
- 2026, Ohh My Dog, Rajesh Bhardwaj, et al.:
  [Akaljeet Sodhi, English captions:] She had to marry that Assamese guy.
Relating to the Indo-Aryan language that the majority of Assam speak.
Only three in five Assamese (citizens of Assam) are linguistic Assamese.

Translations

of, from or relating to Assam

Assamese: অসমীয়া (oxomia)
Bengali: অসমীয়া (bn) (ôśômiẏa), আসামী (bn) (aśami), অসমী (ôśômi)
Catalan: assamès (ca)
Dutch: Assamees (nl) n, Assami (nl) n
Finnish: assamilainen
Hindi: असमिया (asmiyā)
Portuguese: assamês (pt)
Punjabi:
Western Punjabi: آسَامِی (āsāmi)
Russian: асса́мский (ru) (assámskij)
Spanish: asamés
Tamil: அசாமிய (acāmiya)
Urdu: آسَامِی (āsāmi)

Proper noun

Assamese

The Indo-Aryan language spoken by the majority people in the state of Assam, in northeast India.

Derived terms

Translations

language

Arabic: أَسَامِيَّة f (ʔasāmiyya)
Armenian: ասսամի (hy) (assami)
Assamese: অসমীয়া (oxomia)
Bengali: অসমীয়া (bn) (ośomiẏa)
Catalan: assamès (ca) m
Cherokee: ᎠᏌᎻᏏ (asamisi)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 阿薩密語 / 阿萨密语 (āsàmìyǔ), 阿薩姆語 / 阿萨姆语 (zh) (āsàmǔyǔ)
Danish: assamesisk
Dutch: Assamees (nl) n, Assami (nl) n, Assamitisch (nl) n
Finnish: assami (fi)
French: assamais (fr) m
German: Assamesisch (de) n
Gujarati: આસામી (gu) (āsāmī)
Hebrew: אסאמית
Hindi: आसामी (hi) f (āsāmī), असमिया f (asmiyā)
Indonesian: bahasa Assam
Irish: Asaimis f
Japanese: アッサム語 (ja) (assamugo)
Kannada: ಅಸ್ಸಾಮೀಸ್ (assāmīs)
Korean: 아삼어 (asameo)
Norman: Assamais m
Persian: آسَامِی (fa) (âsâmi)
Polish: język asamski
Portuguese: assamês (pt) m
Punjabi:
Western Punjabi: آسَامِی (āsāmi)
Rabha: লেমা কাথা
Russian: асса́мский (ru) m (assámskij), асса́ми m (assámi)
Sanskrit: असमिया (asamiyā)
Spanish: asamés m
Swedish: assamesiska (sv)
Tamil: அசாமியம் (ta) (acāmiyam)
Telugu: అస్సామీ భాష (assāmī bhāṣa)
Urdu: آسَامِی (āsāmi)

Noun

Assamese (plural Assameses or Assamese)

(chiefly in the plural) A member of the people of Assam.

Usage notes

As with other terms for people formed with -ese, the countable singular noun in reference to a person (as in "I am an Assamese", "writing about Assamese cuisine as an Assamese") is now uncommon and often taken as grammatically incorrect. In its place, the adjective is used, by itself (as in "I am Assamese") or before a noun like person, man, or woman ("writing about Assamese cuisine as an Assamese person"). See also -ish, which is similarly only primarily used as an adjective or as a plural noun.