মোকাম

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Bengali মোকাম (mōkam), from Classical Persian مقام (muqām), from Arabic مُقَام (muqām). Compare Old Hindi मुकांम (mukā̃ma), Old Punjabi ਮੁਕਾਮੁ (mukāmu).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /mokam/, [ˈmokam]

Noun

মোকাম • (mōkam)

  1. residence, dwelling house; trading station; station; address

Inflection

indefinite forms
nominative মোকাম (mōkam)
objective মোকাম / মোকামকে (mōkam (semantically general or indefinite) / mōkamke (semantically definite))
genitive মোকামের (mōkamer)
locative মোকামে (mōkame)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative মোকামটা , মোকামটি (mōkamṭa (colloquial), mōkamṭi (formal)) মোকামগুলা, মোকামগুলো (mōkamgula (colloquial), mōkamgulo (formal))
objective মোকামটা, মোকামটি (mōkamṭa (colloquial), mōkamṭi (formal)) মোকামগুলা, মোকামগুলো (mōkamgula (colloquial), mōkamgulo (formal))
genitive মোকামটার, মোকামটির (mōkamṭar (colloquial), mōkamṭir (formal)) মোকামগুলার, মোকামগুলোর (mōkamgular (colloquial), mōkamgulor (formal))
locative মোকামটাতে / মোকামটায়, মোকামটিতে (mōkamṭate / mōkamṭay (colloquial), mōkamṭite (formal)) মোকামগুলাতে / মোকামগুলায়, মোকামগুলোতে (mōkamgulate / mōkamgulay (colloquial), mōkamgulote (formal))
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

References

  • Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “মোকাম”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]

Middle Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مقام (muqām), from Arabic مُقَام (muqām). Compare Old Hindi मुकांम (mukā̃ma), Old Punjabi ਮੁਕਾਮੁ (mukāmu).

Noun

মোকাম (mōkam)

  1. residence, dwelling

Descendants

  • Bengali: মোকাম (mōkam)

Further reading

  • Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.[1], volume 2, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 781.