জুলুম

Bengali

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Arabic ظُلْم (ẓulm)bor.
    Classical Persian ظُلْم (zulm)bor.
    Bengali জুলুম (julum)

    Borrowed from Classical Persian ظُلْم (zulm), borrowed from Arabic ظُلْم (ẓulm).

    Pronunciation

    • (Rarh) IPA(key): /d͡ʒulum/, [ˈd͡ʒulum], /zulum/, [ˈzulum], /d͡ʒulm/, [ˈd͡ʒulm], /zulm/, [ˈzulm]
    • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /dʑulum/, [ˈdʑulum], /zulum/, [ˈzulum], /dʑulm/, [ˈdʑulm], /zulm/, [ˈzulm]
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    Noun

    জুলুম • (julum)

    1. oppression; persecution; annoyance
      জালিমে জুলুম কৈলে করিব সবর
      jalime julum kōile koribo śobor
      If the oppressor feigns oppression we shall be patient
      — Sayed Alawal
      Synonyms: জোরাজুরি (jōrajuri), অত্যাচার (ottacar)

    Derived terms

    References

    • Accessible Dictionary, [1] Government of Bangladesh
    • Accessible Dictionary, [2] Government of Bangladesh
    • Atindra Mojumder (1981) “জুলুম”, in Arabic, Persian and Turkish Words in Bengali Literature, Melbourne: University of Melbourne; republished 15 Shyama Charan Dey Street, Kolkata 700073: Ekush Shatak, 2012, page 205
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