ꯇꯔꯥꯝꯅ ꯑꯣꯛꯆꯔꯤ
taramna okchari
The Manipuri phrase for "welcome" is ꯇꯔꯥꯝꯅ ꯑꯣꯛꯆꯔꯤ (taramna okchari).
ꯇꯔꯥꯝꯅ ꯑꯣꯛꯆꯔꯤ is a greeting used to welcome someone upon their arrival.
Meaning: greeting given upon someone's arrival (intj)
How do you pronounce it?
taramna okchari
Did you know?
- The phrase ꯇꯔꯥꯝꯅ ꯑꯣꯛꯆꯔꯤ belongs to a language family that shares distant roots with Tibetan and Burmese, making its structure very different from the Hindi spoken in most of India.
- The phrase 'okchari' functions as a verb meaning 'is entering', which literally frames the guest's movement into the space.
- The Manipuri script used to write ꯇꯔꯥꯝꯅ ꯑꯣꯛꯆꯔꯤ was largely replaced by the Bengali script for centuries before the Meetei Mayek script was revived in modern times.
Example conversation
Khoiba welcomes Inaloi to his home.
- ꯈꯣꯏꯕꯥ Khoibaꯏꯅꯥꯂꯣꯏ, ꯇꯔꯥꯝꯅ ꯑꯣꯛꯆꯔꯤ!Inaloi, taran okchari!Inaloi, welcome!
- ꯏꯅꯥꯂꯣꯏ Inaloeeꯊꯥꯒꯠꯄꯥ ꯈꯣꯏꯕꯥ!Thagatpa Khoiba!Thank you, Khoiba!
- ꯈꯣꯏꯕꯥ Khoibaꯂꯩꯀꯥꯏꯅ ꯂꯥꯛꯄꯤꯅꯥ ꯂꯩꯅꯥ ꯂꯥꯛꯥꯏꯅꯥ꯫Leikaina lakpina leina lakaina.Please come inside and sit.
- ꯏꯅꯥꯂꯣꯏ Inaloeeꯍꯥꯎ, ꯏꯅꯥ ꯂꯥꯛꯄꯅꯤ꯫Hou, ina lakpani.Yes, I am coming.
