ইমাম

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • এমাম (emam) — obsolete

Etymology

    Borrowed from Classical Persian اِمَام (imām), borrowed from Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām).

    Pronunciation

    • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /imam/, [ˈimam]
      Audio:(file)

    Proper noun

    ইমাম • (imam)

    1. a male given name, Imam, from Arabic
    2. a surname, Imam, from Arabic

    Noun

    ইমাম • (imam)

    1. (Islam) imam
      • Kazi Nazrul Islam:
        কোথায় ইমাম? কোন্ সে খোৎবা পড়িবে আজিকে ঈদে?
        kōthaẏ imam? kōn śe khōtba poṛibe ajike ide?
        Where is the imam? What khutbah will he read today on Eid?

    Inflection

    indefinite forms
    nominative ইমাম (imam)
    objective ইমামকে (imam (semantically general or indefinite) / imamke (semantically definite))
    genitive ইমামের (imamer)
    definite forms
    singular plural
    nominative ইমামটা, ইমামটি (imamṭa (colloquial), imamṭi (formal)) ইমামেরা (imamera)
    objective ইমামটাকে, ইমামটিকে (imamṭake (colloquial), imamṭike (formal)) ইমামদের(কে) (imamder(ke))
    genitive ইমামটার, ইমামটির (imamṭar (colloquial), imamṭir (formal)) ইমামদের (imamder)
    Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

    Derived terms

    • ইমামত (imamot)
    • ইমামবাড়া (imambaṛa)
    • পেশ ইমাম (peś imam)
    Bengali terms derived from the Arabic root ء م م (0 c, 2 e)

    Further reading

    • “ইমাম”, in Accessible Dictionary [Bengali-English], Bangladesh: Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), 2018.
    • “ইমাম”, in Accessible Dictionary [Bengali-Bengali], Bangladesh: Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), 2018.
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