Colors

1. ৰঙা

   Ronga

   Red

   Usage

   Red. The traditional Assamese gamosa is white with a red woven border, and tea without milk is called ৰঙা চাহ, 'red tea'

   Grammar Note

   Adjectives come before the noun and do not change for gender or number. Example: ৰঙা ফুল 'red flower'

2. কমলা ৰং

   Komola rong

   Orange (colour)

   Usage

   The colour orange. The word is the same as the fruit, so ৰং 'colour' is added to make the colour sense explicit

   Grammar Note

   কমলা alone is the fruit; adding ৰং after it gives the colour

3. হালধীয়া

   Halodhiya

   Yellow

   Usage

   Yellow. The word comes from হালধি, turmeric, the spice that gives the colour

   Grammar Note

   Built from হালধি 'turmeric' plus a suffix, roughly 'turmeric-coloured'. It stands before the noun like any adjective

4. সেউজীয়া

   Xeujiya

   Green

   Usage

   Green. The colour of Assam's paddy fields and tea gardens

   Grammar Note

   Formed from সেউজ 'lush' plus a suffix. The dictionary lists both সেউজ and সেউজীয়া as green

5. গাঢ় নীলা

   Garh nila

   Dark blue / navy

   Usage

   A deep blue; navy

   Grammar Note

   গাঢ় means 'deep' and goes before a colour name to show shade. Pale blue is পাতল নীলা

6. আকাশী নীলা

   Akaxi nila

   Sky blue

   Usage

   Sky blue, from আকাশ 'sky'

   Grammar Note

   আকাশী is an adjective made from আকাশ 'sky'; নীলা follows it to name the colour

7. বেঙুনীয়া

   Benguniya

   Purple

   Usage

   Purple. The dictionary glosses it as violet

   Grammar Note

   One of the colour adjectives ending in ঈয়া; it stands before the noun like the others

8. গোলাপী

   Golapi

   Pink

   Usage

   Pink, from গোলাপ 'rose'

   Grammar Note

   গোলাপী is গোলাপ 'rose' plus ী, 'rose-coloured'. The form গুলপীয়া is sometimes seen

9. বাদামী

   Badami

   Brown

   Usage

   Brown, from the colour of বাদাম 'nut'

   Grammar Note

   বাদামী is বাদাম plus ী; বাদাম names peanut or almond

10. বগা

    Boga

    White

    Usage

    White. The base colour of the gamosa

    Grammar Note

    বগা also means 'to climb' in the dictionary, but it is clear as a colour

11. ক'লা

    Kola

    Black

    Usage

    Black

    Grammar Note

    The apostrophe marks a dropped vowel. It is the plain ASCII mark, and without it the word changes

12. ধূসৰ

    Dhuxor

    Gray

    Usage

    Gray

    Grammar Note

    ৰ is the letter Assamese uses for the r sound; ধূসৰ is written as one word

13. নীলা

    Nila

    Blue

    Usage

    Blue. The colour is নীলা, to keep it apart from নীল, the indigo plant and dye

    Grammar Note

    নীল is indigo (plant and dye) and নীলা is the colour blue; use নীলা as the adjective

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