অকাম

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ɔ.kam/, [ˈɔ.kam]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ɔ.kam/, [ˈɔ.kam]

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अकाम (akāma). By surface analysis, অ- (o-) +‎ কাম (kam).

অকাম • (okam) (comparative আরও অকাম, superlative সবচেয়ে অকাম)

1. having no wish or desire

   Synonym: অকাম্য (ôkammô)

2. unwanted
3. having no lust or urge for sex, unsensual

   Synonym: নিষ্কাম (niśkam)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अकर्म (akarma), which enters into Prakrit as অকাম, and remains unchanged in Bengali or turns into আকাম (akam). Alternatively, it is formed by Bengali prefixation অ- (o-) +‎ কাম (kam, “work”). Doublet of অকর্ম (ôkôrmô).

অকাম • (okam)

1. misdeed, scandalous/condemnable act

• অপকর্ম (ôpôkôrmô)