Where does “পাহাৰীয়া” come from?

পাহাৰীয়া (Assamese) comes from Assamese -ঈয়া, from Sanskrit -ईय, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-iHyas.

পাহাৰীয়া (Assamese): hilly

Definitions

  1. hilly

Ancestry of “পাহাৰীয়া”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Assamese-ঈয়াone from, belonging to, relating to, or like;...
2Sanskrit-ईयrelated to
3Proto-Indo-Iranian*-iHyas—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-iHyas →Every word from Sanskrit -ईय →Every word from Assamese -ঈয়া →