Where does “পাইকাৰী” come from?

পাইকাৰী (Assamese) comes from Assamese পাইক — paik, adult and able males in Ahom kingdom who were obligated to render service to the state and form its militia in return for a piece of land for cultivation owned by the kingdom.

পাইকাৰী (Assamese): wholesale

Definitions

  1. wholesale

Ancestry of “পাইকাৰী”, step by step

পাইকাৰী traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Assamese পাইক

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Assameseপাইকpaik, adult and able males in Ahom kingdom who were obligated to render service to the state and form its militia in return for a piece of land for cultivation owned by the kingdom

via Assamese আৰী

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Assameseআৰী
Every word from Assamese পাইক