Assamese
nounEtymology From Assam + -ese.
1
In plural A member of the people of Assam.
Assamese
adjEtymology From Assam + -ese.
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.