বামন

Bengali

Etymology 1

Adjective

বামন • (bamon) (comparative আরও বামন, superlative সবচেয়ে বামন)

  1. dwarf

Noun

বামন • (bamon)

  1. dwarf person

Etymology 2

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀩𑀸𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡 (bāmhaṇa), 𑀩𑀸𑀫𑁆𑀪𑀡 (bāmbhaṇa​), from Sanskrit ब्राह्मण (brāhmaṇa). Doublet of ব্রাহ্মণ (brahmon).

Alternative forms

  • বাম্ভন (bambhon) — archaic, obsolete
  • বামুন (bamun)
  • বাউন (baun), বাওন (baōn) — dialectal

Noun

বামন • (bamon)

  1. (Hinduism) Brahmin
    Synonym: ব্রাহ্মণ (brahmon)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.