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Assamese

adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, from or relating to the northeast-Indian state of Assam, or the region for which it is named.
  2. 2
    In or relating to its majority people's Indo-Aryan language.

    "Only three in five Assamese (citizens of Assam) are linguistic Assamese."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or characteristic of Assam or its people or culture or language wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The Indo-Aryan language spoken by the majority people in the state of Assam, NE India.
Noun
  1. 1
    A member of the people of Assam. in-plural
  2. 2
    the Magadhan language spoken by the Assamese people; closely related to Bengali wordnet
  3. 3
    native or inhabitant of the state of Assam in northeastern India wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Assam + -ese.

Etymology 2

From Assam + -ese.

Etymology 3

From Assam + -ese.

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