বাম
Assamese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bam/
Adjective
বাম • (bam)
- shallow, not deep, of little depth
- Synonyms: তৰাং (toraṅ), তৰঙুৱা (toroṅua), তৰ (tor), অগভীৰ (ogobhir)
- high (land), not easily inundated
Bengali
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वाम (vāma). Doublet of বাঁ (bã).
Pronunciation
Adjective
বাম • (bam) (comparative আরও বাম, superlative সবচেয়ে বাম)
- left
- Antonym: ডান (ḍan)
- তিনি বাম হাত দিয়ে লেখেন।
- tini bam hat diẏe lekhen.
- He writes with his left hand.
Early Assamese
Etymology
Adjective
বাম (bamo)
- (direction) left
Derived terms
- বাম হাত (bamo hato)
Descendants
- Assamese: বাওঁ (baü̃)