Etymology

malaun

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Today it means: a Hindu person from Bangladesh and India. Full definition →

Bengali মালাউন ← Arabic مَلْعُون
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The story

  1. Arabic · derived fromمَلْعُون
  2. Bengali · borrowed fromমালাউন“cursed”
  3. English todaymalaun

From Bengali মালাউন (malaun, “cursed”), which is from Arabic مَلْعُون (malʕūn), ultimately from the root ل ع ن (l ʕ n).

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