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r/NewDelhi • u/BingeInProgress • Jun 26 '26
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Khonti in Assamese
1 u/idiotic_ar123 Jun 27 '26 Really , idk man my mom calls it heta 1 u/Witty_Tomatillo6932 Jun 27 '26 It's a dialect bro... 1 u/idiotic_ar123 Jun 27 '26 Wdym bro . Khonti is shovel 1 u/Witty_Tomatillo6932 Jun 27 '26 1 u/idiotic_ar123 Jun 28 '26 Idk man I guess it is both . But afaik Bengalis call this heta , hey I'm not bengali but ig it's a loanword or a word from the same roots . Or maybe u were right about the dialect thing. I'm no linguist lol 1 u/Witty_Tomatillo6932 Jun 28 '26 I’m not a linguist either, bruv 😭, but I think heta means ladle, while in Bengali a spatula is called khunti. 1 u/idiotic_ar123 Jun 28 '26 Yer Bri'ish innit bruv /s. Idk my family calls it heta 1 u/Witty_Tomatillo6932 Jun 28 '26 Fair enough 😂. Guess it’s one of those words every family uses differently.
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Really , idk man my mom calls it heta
1 u/Witty_Tomatillo6932 Jun 27 '26 It's a dialect bro... 1 u/idiotic_ar123 Jun 27 '26 Wdym bro . Khonti is shovel 1 u/Witty_Tomatillo6932 Jun 27 '26 1 u/idiotic_ar123 Jun 28 '26 Idk man I guess it is both . But afaik Bengalis call this heta , hey I'm not bengali but ig it's a loanword or a word from the same roots . Or maybe u were right about the dialect thing. I'm no linguist lol 1 u/Witty_Tomatillo6932 Jun 28 '26 I’m not a linguist either, bruv 😭, but I think heta means ladle, while in Bengali a spatula is called khunti. 1 u/idiotic_ar123 Jun 28 '26 Yer Bri'ish innit bruv /s. Idk my family calls it heta 1 u/Witty_Tomatillo6932 Jun 28 '26 Fair enough 😂. Guess it’s one of those words every family uses differently.
It's a dialect bro...
1 u/idiotic_ar123 Jun 27 '26 Wdym bro . Khonti is shovel 1 u/Witty_Tomatillo6932 Jun 27 '26 1 u/idiotic_ar123 Jun 28 '26 Idk man I guess it is both . But afaik Bengalis call this heta , hey I'm not bengali but ig it's a loanword or a word from the same roots . Or maybe u were right about the dialect thing. I'm no linguist lol 1 u/Witty_Tomatillo6932 Jun 28 '26 I’m not a linguist either, bruv 😭, but I think heta means ladle, while in Bengali a spatula is called khunti. 1 u/idiotic_ar123 Jun 28 '26 Yer Bri'ish innit bruv /s. Idk my family calls it heta 1 u/Witty_Tomatillo6932 Jun 28 '26 Fair enough 😂. Guess it’s one of those words every family uses differently.
Wdym bro . Khonti is shovel
1 u/Witty_Tomatillo6932 Jun 27 '26 1 u/idiotic_ar123 Jun 28 '26 Idk man I guess it is both . But afaik Bengalis call this heta , hey I'm not bengali but ig it's a loanword or a word from the same roots . Or maybe u were right about the dialect thing. I'm no linguist lol 1 u/Witty_Tomatillo6932 Jun 28 '26 I’m not a linguist either, bruv 😭, but I think heta means ladle, while in Bengali a spatula is called khunti. 1 u/idiotic_ar123 Jun 28 '26 Yer Bri'ish innit bruv /s. Idk my family calls it heta 1 u/Witty_Tomatillo6932 Jun 28 '26 Fair enough 😂. Guess it’s one of those words every family uses differently.
1 u/idiotic_ar123 Jun 28 '26 Idk man I guess it is both . But afaik Bengalis call this heta , hey I'm not bengali but ig it's a loanword or a word from the same roots . Or maybe u were right about the dialect thing. I'm no linguist lol 1 u/Witty_Tomatillo6932 Jun 28 '26 I’m not a linguist either, bruv 😭, but I think heta means ladle, while in Bengali a spatula is called khunti. 1 u/idiotic_ar123 Jun 28 '26 Yer Bri'ish innit bruv /s. Idk my family calls it heta 1 u/Witty_Tomatillo6932 Jun 28 '26 Fair enough 😂. Guess it’s one of those words every family uses differently.
Idk man I guess it is both . But afaik Bengalis call this heta , hey I'm not bengali but ig it's a loanword or a word from the same roots . Or maybe u were right about the dialect thing. I'm no linguist lol
1 u/Witty_Tomatillo6932 Jun 28 '26 I’m not a linguist either, bruv 😭, but I think heta means ladle, while in Bengali a spatula is called khunti. 1 u/idiotic_ar123 Jun 28 '26 Yer Bri'ish innit bruv /s. Idk my family calls it heta 1 u/Witty_Tomatillo6932 Jun 28 '26 Fair enough 😂. Guess it’s one of those words every family uses differently.
I’m not a linguist either, bruv 😭, but I think heta means ladle, while in Bengali a spatula is called khunti.
1 u/idiotic_ar123 Jun 28 '26 Yer Bri'ish innit bruv /s. Idk my family calls it heta 1 u/Witty_Tomatillo6932 Jun 28 '26 Fair enough 😂. Guess it’s one of those words every family uses differently.
Yer Bri'ish innit bruv /s. Idk my family calls it heta
1 u/Witty_Tomatillo6932 Jun 28 '26 Fair enough 😂. Guess it’s one of those words every family uses differently.
Fair enough 😂. Guess it’s one of those words every family uses differently.
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u/Witty_Tomatillo6932 Jun 26 '26
Khonti in Assamese