Assamese

See also: assamese

English

Etymology

From Assam +‎ -ese.

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.
In or relating to its majority people's Indo-Aryan language.
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 (aśami), অসমী (ôśômi)
Catalan: assamès (ca)
Dutch: Assamees (nl) n, Assami (nl) n
Finnish: assamilainen
Hindi: असमिया (asmiyā)
Portuguese: assamês (pt)
Russian: асса́мский (ru) (assámskij)
Spanish: asamés
Urdu: آسَامِی (āsāmi)
Western Panjabi: آسَامِی (āsāmi)

Noun

Assamese (plural Assameses or Assamese)

A member of the people of Assam.

Proper noun

Assamese

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

Derived terms

Translations

language

Arabic: أَسَامِيَّة f (ʔasāmiyya)
Armenian: ասսամի (hy) (assami)
Assamese: অসমীয়া (oxomia)
Bengali: অসমীয়া (bn) (ośomiẏa)
Catalan: assamès (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 阿薩密語／阿萨密语 (āsàmìyǔ)
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
Rabha: লেমা কাথা
Russian: асса́мский (ru) m (assámskij), асса́ми m (assámi)
Sanskrit: असमिया (asamiyā)
Spanish: asamés m
Swedish: assamesiska (sv)
Telugu: అస్సామీ భాష (assāmī bhāṣa)
Urdu: آسَامِی (āsāmi)
Western Panjabi: آسَامِی (āsāmi)

See also

Wiktionary’s coverage of Assamese terms

Appendix:Assamese Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Assamese
ISO 639-1 code as, ISO 639-3 code asm (SIL)
Ethnologue entry for Assamese, asm ⁠
“Assamese”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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