নিলাম

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese leilam, leilão, from Arabic الإِعْلَام (al-ʔiʕlām, “instruction, communication”). Compare Hindi नीलाम (nīlām), Gujarati લિલામ (lilām), Marathi लिलाव (lilāv), Kannada ಲಿಲಾವು (lilāvu).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /nilam/, [ˈnilam]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /nilam/, [ˈnilam]

Noun

নিলাম • (nilam)

1. auction (a public event where goods are sold through bidding)