Assamese

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adjective

Of, from or relating to the northeast-Indian state of Assam, or the region for which it is named.

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

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Meanings

adjectiveAssamese (comparative more Assamese, superlative most Assamese)

comparative more Assamese · superlative most Assamese

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

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

proper noun
  1. The Indo-Aryan language spoken by the majority people in the state of Assam, NE India.
nounAssamese (plural Assameses or Assamese)

plural Assameses

  1. in pluralA member of the people of Assam.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe Magadhan language spoken by the Assamese people; closely related to Bengali

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AsamiyaAssamese languageAsamiya language
Broader
Magadhan

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From Assam + -ese.

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Translations

Arabic أَسَامِيَّة
  • أَسَامِيَّة (ʔasāmiyya)language
Bengali অসমীয়া, আসামী
  • অসমীয়া (ôśômiẏa)of, from or relating to Assam
  • আসামী (aśami)of, from or relating to Assam
  • অসমী (ôśômi)of, from or relating to Assam
  • অসমীয়া (ośomiẏa)language
Catalan assamès, assamès
  • assamèsof, from or relating to Assam
  • assamèslanguage
Chinese Mandarin 阿薩密語 /阿萨密语, 阿薩姆語 /阿萨姆语
  • 阿薩密語 /阿萨密语 (āsàmìyǔ)language
  • 阿薩姆語 /阿萨姆语 (āsàmǔyǔ)language
Danish assamesisk
  • assamesisklanguage
Dutch Assamees, Assami
  • Assameesof, from or relating to Assam
  • Assamiof, from or relating to Assam
  • Assameeslanguage
  • Assamilanguage
  • Assamitischlanguage
Finnish assamilainen, assami
  • assamilainenof, from or relating to Assam
  • assamilanguage
French assamais
  • assamaislanguage
German Assamesisch
  • Assamesischlanguage
Hebrew אסאמית
  • אסאמיתlanguage
Hindi असमिया, आसामी
  • असमिया (asmiyā)of, from or relating to Assam
  • आसामी (āsāmī)language
  • असमिया (asmiyā)language
Indonesian bahasa Assam
  • bahasa Assamlanguage
Irish Asaimis
  • Asaimislanguage
Japanese アッサム語
  • アッサム語 (assamugo)language
Korean 아삼어
  • 아삼어 (asameo)language
Persian آسَامِی
  • آسَامِی (âsâmi)language
Polish język asamski
  • język asamskilanguage
Portuguese assamês, assamês
  • assamêsof, from or relating to Assam
  • assamêslanguage
Russian асса́мский, асса́мский
  • асса́мский (assámskij)of, from or relating to Assam
  • асса́мский (assámskij)language
  • асса́ми (assámi)language
Spanish asamés, asamés
  • asamésof, from or relating to Assam
  • asaméslanguage
Swedish assamesiska
  • assamesiskalanguage
Tamil அசாமிய, அசாமியம்
  • அசாமிய (acāmiya)of, from or relating to Assam
  • அசாமியம் (acāmiyam)language
Urdu آسَامِی, آسَامِی
  • آسَامِی (āsāmi)of, from or relating to Assam
  • آسَامِی (āsāmi)language
Cite this entry
APA

Assamese. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Assamese

MLA

“Assamese.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Assamese. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Assamese,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Assamese.

Source: Assamese on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.