Etymograph

English

gamosa

Gamosa comes from Assamese গামোচা ‘gamosa, traditional Assamese gamucha’.

  1. Assamesemodernগামোচা‘gamosa, traditional Assamese gamucha’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2011gamosa

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Assamesemodernগামোচা‘gamosa, traditional Assamese gamucha’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2011gamosa

Earliest quotation: 2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita: “Mamoni's father was suggesting that both houses should fly…”

Today it means

noun A rectangular cloth, typically of red and white, used in a variety of ritual actions in Assamese culture.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Assamese গামোচা / gamosa