Etymology [Word Origin] Convention 2022
Rules:
XOBDO.ORG adopts the following Etymology or Origin of Words Convention:
A) If a word comes from another language without any change, only abbreviation of the language or language family will be written.
Format: lc
where lc= language code or language family code as per Table-1
e.g কলম Origin: ফা
B) If a word comes from another language with some changes, then the original word will be written followed by the abbreviation of the language or language family
and a dot.
Format: lc. ow
where lc= language code or language family code as per Table-1, ow= original word
e.g. বজাৰ Origin:ফা. বাজাৰ
C) If a word is a combination of two other words from different languages then first break the word and write it along with the languages separated by a plus signs.
Format: lc1. ow1 + lc2. ow2[+...]
where lc1, lc2, ...= language codes or language family codes as per Table-1, ow1, ow2,...= original words
e.g. গড়কাপ্তানী Origin: অ. গড় + ইং.কেপ্তেইন
D) If any specific language cannot be specified for a word in Rule A, , B and C above, then the language family can be mentioned.
e.g. দঞিপল Origin: তিব
E) If a word has more than one theories of origin, then all theories will be written separated by semi-colons.
Format: t1;t2[;...]
where t1, t2... = theories of word origin written by following Rule A, B, C, or D.
e.g. বিহু Origin: সং. বিষুৱ; ব. বৈচাগু; ব. বৈখু; দে. বিচু
F) The source of the theory will be mentioned after the theory within brackets.
Format: t1 (s1); t2 (s2) [;...]
where t1, t2 ... theories, s1, s2,...= source code as per Table-2 below.
e.g. বজাৰ Origin: ফা. বাজাৰ (হেম৯৮)
Table-1: Language or Language Family Abbreviations to be used:
(For English Abbreviations ISO 639-1 codes will be used if available, otherwise a 3 letter code will be used as under.)| LANGUAGE | Abbreviation in Assamese | Abbreviation in English |
|---|---|---|
| ইন্দোইউৰোপীয় / Indo-European | ইন্দো | ie |
| অসমীয়া/Assamese | অ | as |
| উৰ্দু / Urdu | উ | ur |
| ওডিয়া/ Oriya | ও | or |
| কাশ্মীৰী/ kashmiri | কাশ | ks |
| কোঙ্কণী/Konkini | কোং | kon |
| গুজৰাটী / Gujarati | গুজ | gu |
| নেপালী/ Nepali | নে | ne |
| পাঞ্জাৱী/Punjabi | পা | pa |
| ফৰাচী/French | ফ | fr |
| ইংৰাজী/ English | ইং | en |
| ফাৰ্চী/ Persian | ফা | fa |
| বাংলা/ Bengali | বাং | bn |
| বিষ্ণুপ্ৰিয়া মণিপুৰী / Bishnupriya Manipuri | বি | bis |
| ব্ৰজাৱলী/ Brajavali | ব্ৰ | brj |
| মাৰাঠী/Marathi | মা | mr |
| মৈথিলী/Maithili | মৈ | mai |
| ৰাজবংশী/ Rajbongshi | ৰাজ | rjb |
| সংস্কৃত/ Sanskrit | সং | sa |
| সিন্ধি/ Sindhi | সি | sd |
| হাজং/ Hajong | হাং | haj |
| হিন্দী/Hindi | হি | hi |
| তিব্বেত-বৰ্মী/ Tibeto-Burman | তিব | tb |
| কাৰ্বি/Karbi | কা | kar |
| গাৰো/ Garo | গা | ga |
| ডিমাচা/Dimasa | ডি | dim |
| তিৱা/Tiwa | তি | ti |
| দেউৰী/Deuri | দে | de |
| বড়ো/Bodo | ব | bo |
| মিচিং/Mising | মিং | mis |
| মিজো/Mizo | মি | miz |
| মৈতেইলোন/Meiteilon | মৈ | mei |
| ৰাভা/Rabha | ৰা | ra |
| টাই কদায় /Tai Kadai | টাক | tak |
| টাই আইতন/Tai Aiton | টাই | tai |
| টাই আহোম /Tai Ahom | টাআ | tah |
| টাই খামতি /Tai Khamti | টাখাম | tkh |
| টাই খাময়াং / Tai Khamyang | টাখাং | tkm |
| টাই ফাকে / Tai phake | টাফা | tph |
| দ্ৰাবিড়ীয়/Dravidian | দ্ৰা | dra |
| কানাড়া/Kannada | কানা | kn |
| তামিল/ Tamil | তা | ta |
| তুলু/ Tulu | তু | tu |
| তেলেগু/Telugu | তে | te |
| মালায়ালম/Malayalam | মালা | ml |
| অষ্ট্ৰএছিয়টিক / Austroasiatic | অষ্ট্ৰ | aa |
| খাছী/ Khasi | খা | khs |
| মুণ্ডা/Munda | মু | md |
| অন্যান্য / Others | ||
| তুৰ্কী/Turkey | তুৰ | tr |
| জাপানী/Japanese | জা | ja |
| আৰৱী/Arabics | আ | ar |
Table-2: Source Abbreviations:
| SOURCE | Abbreviation in Assamese | Abbreviation in English |
|---|---|---|
| হেমকোষ (সংস্কৰণ বৰ্ষ XX) | হেমXX | HemXX |