How to Say “Goodbye” in Assamese
The Assamese word for goodbye is বিদায়. বিদায় is used to express farewell or departure.
Assamese is the official language of the Indian state of Assam and the first language of about 15 million people. It is an Indo-Aryan language, related to Bengali, and many peoples of Assam use it as a common language.
Assamese is written in a script shared with Bengali, apart from a few letters of its own such as ৰ (r) and ৱ (w). It has three levels of "you": apuni for elders and strangers, tumi for friends and equals and toi for close family and children. Nomoskar is a respectful greeting.
| Family | Indo-European, Indo-Aryan |
|---|---|
| Native speakers | about 15 million (2019) |
| Official in | India (Assam) |
| Script | Assamese alphabet (Eastern Nagari) |
| Codes | as (ISO 639-1), asm (ISO 639-3) |
Speaker number: Ethnologue (2019), via Wikidata. Retrieved 26 September 2026.
The Assamese word for goodbye is বিদায়. বিদায় is used to express farewell or departure.
The English phrase coconut is নাৰিকল in Assamese. The term refers to the fruit of the coco palm.
The English word pelican is translated into Assamese as ভেলা or ঢেঁৰা. The term refers to any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae.
The English phrase “how are you?” is translated into Assamese as আপোনাৰ খবৰ কি?
The English phrase “thank you so much” is translated into Assamese as বহুত ধন্যবাদ.
In Assamese, the English phrase ‘you’ can be translated in several ways. The default form is তুমি.
মই তোমাক বেয়া পাওঁ is how you say “I hate you” in Assamese. This phrase is used to express an intense dislike toward another person.
The Assamese word for “namaste” is নমস্কাৰ. নমস্কাৰ is used as a respectful greeting when meeting someone or as a polite way to say goodbye.